# @coachkeren on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHsllLGnuS
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-05T17:00:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Coach Keren (@coachkeren) — https://gondola.cc/coachkeren

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What if you just assumed people were going to like you?

Not because everyone will. They won’t.

But because so much of the way we move through the world is already organized around the opposite assumption.

We brace for rejection. We second-guess the thing before we launch it. We dilute the idea before anyone has even had the chance to respond to it. We walk into rooms wondering whether we belong there.

And then we wonder why everything feels so damn hard.

One of my favorite “anti-rules” from my book, Gilt Free, is to assume people like you. Assume the room is happy you’re there. Assume the thing you created is worth sharing. Assume the person on the other side of the table wants the conversation to go well too.

It isn’t delusion. It’s a deliberate counterweight to the fear of rejection most of us are already carrying.

Christy Nault and I went DEEP on this, perfectionism, overachievement, manifestation, the endless pursuit of self-improvement, and the cages we accidentally build while trying to create a better life on her podcast recently, The Cellular Upgrade. 

And if Christy looks familiar, there’s a reason. Last year, my dear friend joined me on my podcast, COACHED for a beautiful conversation about healing, nervous-system regulation, and what it actually means to come home to yourself. Consider these two episodes companion pieces. 

Listen to my conversation with Christy on The Cellular Upgrade, and then find Christy Nault: Healing is a Homecoming on COACHED wherever you listen to podcasts. Link in bio for COACHED. 

#personaldevelopment #manifestation #confidence #lifecoach #motivation

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