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How childhood messages sabotage salary negotiations

I know I deserve more money but every time I try to negotiate I hear my mother's voice saying 'be grateful for what you have' and I freeze up.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Inherited beliefs about worthiness operate beneath conscious awareness, shaping our capacity to advocate for ourselves.

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