It might not be your doubt you are battling with

If you suddenly start to doubt yourself, it might not be a doubt at all. It could be someone else’s discomfort, disappointment, or fear disguising itself as your issue.

People have their agendas, which often don’t include you expanding out of the expectations and labels they have for you. Our job is to practice being present enough to discern when someone’s reaction to us is based on their aversion to discomfort instead of a response from their love for us. Then, we can offer compassion for everyone, freeing ourselves from spending our energy fighting a losing game.

Before you react to their reaction and create your life based on their agenda, could you check and see whose issue you are tending to?