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And you're not just one thing.
Neither is the Here and Now, Anytime podcast.
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Hey, it's Marielle.
You did such a good job with that project at work.
Your style is on point.
That dress looks incredible on you.
You have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen.
These are all such lovely things to hear, in theory.
But for a lot of us, if somebody said these things to our faces, We'd get uncomfortable, right?
We'd deflect, or say something bad about ourselves,
or instantly pick something to compliment about the other person.
Because many of us were never taught how to accept a compliment.
But a few years ago, I saw my younger cousin,
when she was maybe 17, accept a compliment so skillfully, so unselfconsciously.
It really inspired me.