Last updated on October 18th, 2025 at 07:01 pm
The Most Dangerous Words Keeping You Stuck in “Good Enough”
Honestly? For years, I lived a life that looked “fine” to the outside world.
Marriage. Kids. Routines. Instagram and Pinterest-worthy pictures doing all the “things.” You know all the little checkboxes everyone said I should be grateful for.
And yet, I had almost been completely erased from my own life. My needs, wants, desires and the love I so desperately needed to give myself? It all went on the back burner. I allowed everything outside of me to be prioritized because that’s just what wives and moms do, right?
For so long, I kept whispering: “It’s not that bad. At least…”
The Illusion of “At Least”
Here’s the harsh reality of those two little words: AT LEAST.
They may seem harmless, but they are some of the most dangerous words you can utter.
Why? Because they disguise settling behind a mask of “gratitude.”
“At least he comes home every night.”
“At least I have a roof over my head.”
“At least I’m not alone.”
They silence truths that need to be spoken. They keep you from fully seeing how others may mistreat you. They block you from reclaiming your birthright of well-being.
And over time? “At least” numbs you to the reality that you’re living in “good enough.” It convinces you that wanting more makes you ungrateful, selfish, or unrealistic.
The Cost of Living in “Good Enough”
When you live in the land of “at least,” you begin to shrink and hold yourself back without realizing it.
You excuse bare minimum effort.
You normalize emotional unavailability.
You grin and bear it through countless moments that chip away at your joy.
You convince yourself that settling is noble, when really, it’s erasing you.
You start gaslighting yourself that somehow you’re not worthy of their accountability, emotional presence and reciprocity.
And one day, you wake up and realize: you don’t even recognize yourself anymore.
I know because I’ve been there. Deep in it with no clue how I allowed myself to get to that depth.
What Helped Me Finally Break Free
Bare, raw, and open honesty.
And let me tell you, many times, it was not pretty. That, in and of itself, is what keeps so many of us stuck. Because being honest with ourselves means facing the truth: the ways we’ve allowed the energy of “good enough” to creep in. How we permitted people to get comfortable giving us the bare minimum and crossing our boundaries. How we let the words “at least” guilt us into settling for a life that was never in alignment with our soul.
Deep in the trenches of honesty, I had to ask myself the hard questions. Why did “good enough” have such a strong grip on me? Was the root cause buried under decades of conditioning? What were the hidden costs of hiding behind the false safety of “good enough”?
And here’s the part I want you to hear loud and clear, Queen: while this work can feel daunting and maybe even terrifying—it is so damn worth it. Because you were never meant to be stripped of your well-being. But that is exactly what settling does.
That’s why I created something deeply personal and powerful:
✨ Letting Go of “Good Enough”: A Transformational Guidebook ✨
Inside this 72-page guide, you’ll find the same kinds of journal prompts, reflections, and exercises that helped me dig deep, release guilt and fear, and finally give myself permission to want more. This isn’t just about leaving “good enough” behind. This guidebook goes beyond that. It’s about reclaiming your full self and opening the door to the joy, peace, and trust you were always worthy of.
So...
If you’ve been whispering to yourself “It’s not that bad… at least…”, I want you to know you don’t have to live that way anymore. You don’t have to keep shrinking, silencing, or settling.
You are worthy of more. More joy. More love. More peace. More of being you.
That’s why I poured my heart, and admittingly a few tears, into creating the Letting Go of “Good Enough” Guidebook. It’s more than a resource. It’s your permission slip to finally step beyond “fine” and into a life that feels true, abundant, and aligned.
👉 Grab your copy here and begin your release today.
Because the life you desire isn’t asking you to settle. Queen, it’s asking you to rise.
