Comments on: How To Stop Playing Small And Shine Your Light https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/ Devastated by a narcissist? Melanie's Narcissism blog offers support & empowering tools to heal & thrive after narcissistic abuse, gain a new life & fulfilling relationships. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kat M https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1249961 Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:12:28 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1249961 Melanie, I know you don’t typically respond to older replies but I just wanted you to know how powerful this article is. I felt you were speaking directly to me. I was the super smart valedictorian kid who could just hear a musical piece and accurately duplicate it exactly on the piano. Yet my own mother taught me that I should not show my abilities to anyone because it would make them feel bad about themselves in comparison. She chose to teach learning disabled kids and I actually think she was embarrassed by my brains and musical abilities. How nuts is that? I used my abilities anyway but I practically wanted to die if someone complimented me on any of it. In fact, the one criticism of my musical performances was that I seldom allowed any time between songs. That was because that did not allow somebody to come up and tell me something nice or even clap, hence triggering my shame for being good. Wow! No wonder I ended up being narcissistically abused. I was bad if I was bad and I was bad if I was good.
Your insight stuns me, over and over. Now I know there is Light in all of us. What I can do does not take away anything from you and vice-versa.The pie and the Light are not finite.
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]]> By: Melanie Tonia Evans https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1244616 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:37:38 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1244616 In reply to Louise.

Hi Louise,

thank you for sharing your post – this is so beautiful!

Thank you for your incredible share.

You are very welcome and I’m so happy for you

Mel πŸ™πŸ’•πŸ’š

]]> By: Louise https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1244581 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 18:26:15 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1244581 This morning something inside me screamed in a trunk, long closed off. I took it all to Module 1 and low and behold my little self told me about β€˜dimming my shine.’ So much came out! I vowed to work on it some more tomorrow. This evening I happened upon your story on Instagram with a link to this article and video. What serendipity for me! Thank you for shining your light so bright Melanie, now my little boat sails the rocky waves and has a beacon to follow to safer shores.

]]> By: Melanie Tonia Evans https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1237645 Mon, 18 May 2020 01:20:55 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1237645 In reply to Neta Topor.

Thank you Neta,

I’m glad this gave you confidence, and normalised it for you!

Much love to you

Mel πŸ™πŸ’•πŸ’š

]]> By: Neta Topor https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1237621 Sun, 17 May 2020 00:24:31 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1237621 Wonderful episode! I can totally relate and it’s great to experience your humility, that you too still have “stuff” to improve. It makes me even more confident in the Thriver Way!!!

]]> By: Melanie Tonia Evans https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1095232 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 09:37:08 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1095232 In reply to Megan Zopf.

Megan beautiful lady,

It is a joy to see and hear how far you have come.

Thrive on beautiful!

You are always welcome 😘

Mel πŸ™πŸ’•β€οΈ

]]> By: Megan Zopf https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1095214 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 01:38:20 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1095214 Dear Miss Mel,

I now see some major growth in my journey here. I watched this powerful video and thought…WOW seems like a lifetime ago when I felt so raw but I kept at it. I got busy with my life doing things a said I wanted to do. “I certainly believed if I exposed who I was that I would be targeted, torn down (even annihilated) or people would abandon me, compete with me or invalidate me (which is painful). So … as a result of this, I wouldn’t let people know how I really was. I felt, β€˜What is the point?” I remember feeling this too and I may have some doubts once in awhile but I still go and take the next step..

A few days ago I got into my Jeep and was going to go shopping however within a few seconds I felt like something was terribly wrong so I pulled over and sure enough I had a flat. Fairly new tires and a long smooth rod in one of my tires. Initially I felt like an infant like oh no what am I going to do. I felt incapable to find a solution. When I calmed down, I was able to work through it. Work through the old programming and facing those once believed lies that someone once tried to convince me of. Wait a minute…I just got done building my little house and I can’t make phone calls or ask someone who is around that services vehicles? The adult in me showed up and I managed to get the tire repaired good enough until I got it replaced.

I will never allow another human being put me and the trunk while they sit behind the wheel. No way, I am the Captain of my own ship!!

Thanks Mel

]]> By: Melanie Tonia Evans https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1094417 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:03:09 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1094417 In reply to Tracy.

Hi Tracy,

You are very welcome. I’m so pleased that video helped. Please also google my name and the word boundaries and you will find numerous resources that I have done on this topic.

And I definitely will be doing more about overdoing them in the future.

I hope this helps.

Mel πŸ™πŸ’•β€οΈ

]]> By: Tracy https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-shine-your-light/#comment-1094402 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:08:26 +0000 https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/?p=5909#comment-1094402 Hi Mel Thank you for this wonderful video.It is time to work on shining our light.I am learning about boundary setting.I have looked into many areas of boundary setting.I find I am not succinct in my explanations at times. I tend to find I over explain or justify my reasons for setting boundaries as if I was defending myself. I have found that some wounded souls really let rip and project. I am successful in setting boundaries where I trust people.Shifts happen video with Bren was really useful to assist with overdoing boundaries on the narp forum.

Could this be a topic for future videos?

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