Episode Summary:

Cultivating Self-Worth and Dignity | The Inner Space

How do we begin to feel worthy when everything in our upbringing taught us otherwise? And how do we live with dignity, when we’ve spent so long trying to prove our worth?

In this episode, we explore the ways in which self-worth is shaped by our earliest experiences often tied to how well we behaved, achieved, or met others’ expectations. Over time, this morphs into perfectionism, people-pleasing, or self-erasure where we work tirelessly for a sense of being "enough."

Sriram gently unpacks how this distortion not only disconnects us from our needs and truth, but also makes us outsource our value to the world outside.

We then move into the deeper terrain of dignity not as something bestowed or earned, but as something innate. Unlike worth, which can feel fragile or negotiable, dignity is an inner stance - a quiet, embodied sense of being human, just as you are.

This episode is an invitation to:

• Reflect on the messages you received about being “good,” “successful,” or “lovable”

• Recognize how those messages shaped your self-worth and your survival patterns

• Reclaim a felt sense of dignity that isn’t based on effort or approval

• Begin relating to yourself with more compassion, sovereignty, and care

As always, the episode includes gentle prompts and micro-practices to help you shift from performing for worth to living from dignity.