Embrace Your Value

About Embrace Your Value

Embrace Your Value is a personal growth podcast about self-worth, boundaries, and overcoming limiting beliefs. Hosted by trauma therapist Kristen Burrus and beliefs-and-boundaries coach Jen Anderson, the show blends therapeutic insights with practical coaching tools. Each episode helps women stop people pleasing, build confidence, and reclaim their voice. Through honest conversations and real strategies, you will learn how to set healthy boundaries, strengthen self-trust, and create a life that reflects your true value.

Publisher

Kristen Burrus & Jen Anderson

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Dec 2024

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

111 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   What If Your Inner Critic Is Actually Trying to Protect You?

   What if the voice in your head telling you that you're not good enough, you're falling behind, or you should be doing more isn't simply trying to make your life miserable? What if it actually believes it's protecting you? In this episode of Embrace Your Value, therapist Kristen Burrus and Beliefs & Boundaries Specialist Jen Anderson explore the inner critic through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Kristen breaks IFS down in everyday language, beginning with the idea that we all have different "parts" within us. Part of you may want to take a risk while another part wants certainty. Part of you wants to rest while another insists you should be productive. Part of you may know a boundary is healthy while another immediately panics when someone doesn't like it. IFS helps us become curious about those different parts instead of immediately deciding something is wrong with us. And that includes the inner critic. Your inner critic may tell you you're not good enough because it believes keeping you from trying will protect you from failure. It may push you to be perfectly prepared because it doesn't want anyone to catch you making a mistake. It may insist you keep everyone happy because somewhere along the way you learned that being helpful, agreeable, or needed helped you belong. The strategy may hurt, even when the original intention was protective. Jen and Kristen also explore some of the less obvious ways the inner critic shows up: "You should be doing more." "You've rested too much." "You can't let anyone down." "You should have handled that differently." "You need to make sure everyone else is okay." For women who have been rewarded for being dependable, productive, successful, and responsible, that internal pressure can even feel necessary. If I stop being hard on myself, will I still get things done? That's where an important distinction comes in. Healthy self-discipline addresses your behavior. Your inner critic often attacks your identity. "I didn't do what I planned to do" gives you information. "I'm lazy and I never follow through" turns one behavior into a story about who you are. The conversation also explores what happens after you set a boundary and your inner critic immediately tells you to fix it, apologize, or take it back because someone else is upset. Instead of automatically following that voice, what would happen if you got curious about it? What is it afraid will happen? What does it believe it's protecting you from? You don't have to silence your inner critic this week. Just notice it. Listen to what it says. Get curious about what it believes it's doing for you. And then ask one more question: Does this still serve me? Understanding why a pattern developed doesn't mean you have to continue living by it. It simply gives you a more compassionate place to begin. CONNECT WITH JEN ANDERSON Website: https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com (https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the.jennifer.anderson (https://www.facebook.com/the.jennifer.anderson) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jennifer.anderson (https://www.instagram.com/the.jennifer.anderson) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thankfulheartscoaching (https://www.tiktok.com/@thankfulheartscoaching) CONNECT WITH KRISTEN BURRUS Website: https://www.kristenburrus.com (https://www.kristenburrus.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enlighten_services (https://www.instagram.com/enlighten_services) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enlighten_services (https://www.facebook.com/enlighten_services) CONTACT EMBRACE YOUR VALUE Email: embraceyourvalue20@gmail.com (mailto:embraceyourvalue20@gmail.com) If you know someone who's incredibly hard on themselves, share this episode with them. It may give them a completely different way of understanding the voice in their head. Follow Embrace Your Value and leave us a five-star rating or review if you're enjoying these conversations. #InnerCritic #InternalFamilySystems #IFS #SelfCompassion #SelfTrust

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Perfection Is Keeping You Stuck: How to Move From Fear to Action

   Have you ever had an idea you were genuinely excited about, only to spend months researching, planning, and preparing without actually doing anything with it? Maybe you're waiting until you feel more confident. Maybe you're worried about what people will think. Or maybe you've convinced yourself that you need one more certification, a better website, or a little more information before you can begin. In this episode of Embrace Your Value, therapist Kristen Burrus and Beliefs & Boundaries Specialist Jen Anderson explore how perfectionism, fear of judgment, and limiting beliefs can keep us from taking action on the things that matter most. Sometimes procrastination isn't about laziness or a lack of motivation. Sometimes it's about protection. If you never finish the book, nobody can reject it. If you never launch the business, you never have to find out whether it works. And if you keep preparing, you can convince yourself you're making progress without having to face the uncertainty of actually doing the thing. Kristen and Jen explore how perfectionism develops, what it may be protecting you from, and how to distinguish between necessary preparation and avoiding action. They also discuss why fear doesn't automatically mean you're moving in the wrong direction and why confidence is often something you build through experience rather than something you need before you begin. And for anyone who has more ideas than they know what to do with, Jen shares what she's learned about managing her own creativity, resisting the urge to pursue every exciting idea, and choosing what deserves her attention right now. The conversation also explores accountability, the different roles of therapy and coaching, and how to respond when you don't follow through without turning one missed action into a judgment about who you are. A few questions to take away from this episode: • Am I preparing because I genuinely need more information, or because preparation feels safer than taking action? • What am I afraid will happen if I put my work into the world? • Am I treating the outcome of this project as a reflection of my worth? • Is this a good idea, or is it the right idea for right now? • What is the smallest meaningful action I can take to move forward? You don't have to eliminate fear before pursuing something meaningful. You don't have to know every step before taking the first one. Choose one idea, one project, or one next step that matters to you. Make it manageable, put it on your calendar, and give yourself the opportunity to follow through. CONNECT WITH JEN ANDERSON Website: https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com (https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the.jennifer.anderson (https://www.facebook.com/the.jennifer.anderson) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jennifer.anderson (https://www.instagram.com/the.jennifer.anderson) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thankfulheartscoaching (https://www.tiktok.com/@thankfulheartscoaching) CONNECT WITH KRISTEN BURRUS Website: https://www.kristenburrus.com (https://www.kristenburrus.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enlighten_services (https://www.instagram.com/enlighten_services) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enlighten_services (https://www.facebook.com/enlighten_services) CONTACT EMBRACE YOUR VALUE Email: embraceyourvalue20@gmail.com (mailto:embraceyourvalue20@gmail.com) If this episode made you think of someone who has an idea they've been sitting on, share it with them. Sometimes a little encouragement is enough to help someone take that next step. Follow Embrace Your Value and leave us a five-star rating or review if you're enjoying these conversations. #Perfectionism #FearOfFailure #SelfTrust #PersonalGrowth #OvercomingPerfectionism

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   How Boundaries Can Strengthen Your Relationships

   What if setting a boundary didn't have to mean damaging a relationship? For many women, boundaries immediately bring up fears about conflict, rejection, disappointing someone, or losing the relationship altogether. So instead of asking, "What do I need?" we start asking, "How do I make sure they're okay with what I need?" In this episode of Embrace Your Value, trauma therapist Kristen Burrus and Beliefs & Boundaries Specialist Jen Anderson explore how healthy boundaries can create more clarity, honesty, safety, and connection in your relationships. Kristen and Jen talk about why saying no can feel so difficult, especially when past experiences have taught you that keeping other people happy helps keep you safe. They explore how avoiding boundaries can lead to resentment and why clarity about your needs can actually make relationships feel safer. You'll also hear the important difference between a boundary and control: Control tells another person what they have to do. A boundary tells them what you will do. The conversation explores boundaries in friendships and families, why changing your role can create resistance, and why consistency matters when you're learning to follow through on what you need. You'll also hear why boundaries are connected to self-trust. When you continually abandon a boundary because someone else is uncomfortable, you're teaching yourself that your needs become negotiable when someone else is upset. But when you communicate what you need and follow through, you begin showing yourself that you can trust yourself. Kristen and Jen also explore how boundaries can create deeper intimacy. If you're always saying yes when you mean no, hiding what bothers you, or becoming the version of yourself you think someone else will like, how well do they actually know you? Healthy relationships need room for two separate people with different needs, feelings, and preferences. You can love someone and still say no. You can care about someone's feelings and still make a decision they don't like. You can want a relationship with someone and still decide there's something you're no longer willing to participate in. This week, ask yourself: What boundary would actually improve one of my relationships? You don't need to overhaul every relationship in your life. Start with one place where a little more honesty and clarity could create a healthier connection. Learn more about Jen Anderson Website: https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com (https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the.jennifer.anderson (https://www.facebook.com/the.jennifer.anderson) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.jennifer.anderson (https://www.instagram.com/the.jennifer.anderson) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thankfulheartscoaching (https://www.tiktok.com/@thankfulheartscoaching) Learn more about Kristen Burrus Website: https://www.kristenburrus.com (https://www.kristenburrus.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enlighten_services Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enlighten_services Contact Embrace Your Value Email: embraceyourvalue20@gmail.com (mailto:embraceyourvalue20@gmail.com) If someone came to mind while you were listening, share this episode with them. It might be the beginning of a conversation you need to have. And if you're enjoying Embrace Your Value, follow the show and leave us a five-star rating or review. It helps more women find these conversations. #HealthyBoundaries #SettingBoundaries #Relationships #PeoplePleasing #SelfTrust

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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