In many communities, vulnerability has been treated like a luxury instead of a human necessity. Softness is often mistaken for weakness. Emotional expression becomes something rationed carefully, if acknowledged at all.

Many first-time entrepreneurs are charged hundreds or thousands of dollars for things that are free or inexpensive; this has to stop.

You are not a favor-seeker. You are a specialist. The client is not doing you a kindness by hiring you. They are solving a problem they cannot solve themselves.