what if you stopped treating yourself like a problem that needs to be solved? jo sits down with influencer, dancer, and founder of the baldtourage, christy valdiserri, who shares her inspiring story of losing her hair to alopecia and how that experience transformed the way she sees herself. from body image and social media comparison to career milestones, confidence, and the pressure to always want more, this conversation explores what happens when we stop chasing the next version of ourselves and start questioning whether we needed fixing in the first place.
when did we all decide that being happy with ourselves meant we were giving up on becoming something more?
there's always another goal to reach, another version of ourselves to become, or something we think we'll finally feel better about once we change it. and somehow, even when life is going pretty well, it can still feel like we're falling behind.
jo and christy get into the pressure to constantly work on ourselves, the comparison game we didn't even realize we were playing, and why it's so hard to feel like we're enough in a world that's always telling us we could be better.
but some of the most interesting parts of this conversation aren't really about confidence at all. they're about the expectations we put on ourselves, the things we think will make us happy, and what happens when we start questioning where those expectations came from in the first place.
if you've ever looked at your life and wondered why you're still not completely satisfied, even after getting things you once dreamed of, pull up a chair. you're at the right table. 🤍
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• christy: www.instagram.com/christie.valdiserri
• baldtourage: www.instagram.com/baldtourage