Denise Nayve's Key Ideas from You Deserve Better
by Anne-Marie

Confidence isn't the 'they will like me', confidence is 'i'll be fine if they don't.'

It’s important to understand that emotionally abusive language doesn’t always sound abusive.

Never give up. You might feel like you’re stuck now, but things will get better. Your life is worth living.

Life really is too short to live through other people’s optics. It’s all in your own imagination, anyway. So what’s the point in worrying? And WHO CARES? Your life is yours.

When you understand yourself better, you can communicate better with the people you love, too, strengthening those foundations.

You can’t always rely on the truth of what you’re immediately presented with.

One friend can't give you everything you need.

You don’t need to have another half. You are a whole person all by yourself. A good partner will just add on to that.

It can sometimes feel impossible to get out of a toxic relationship, especially if you love that person (and even if you don’t).

The one question to ask yourself about any relationship:

What would you say to a friend if they were going through the same thing?

Sometimes you don’t realise how f**ked up someone is treating you until you’re explaining it to someone else. So, talk to each other. Don’t judge too much. Listen. Be open.

But it’s all about shifting your perception of what success is and not measuring it by others’ achievements.

There are loads of different ways to mark success.

So whatever you want to do with your life, do it because YOU want to do it. Don’t get caught up in living someone else’s dream, or competing against someone else’s achievements.

Life is messy. Every part of our life is a little piece of a jigsaw puzzle, and we only work well when the puzzle fits together.