What’s Wrong with Needing Attention?

What’s holding you back from becoming more visible online? Could it be society’s weird negative view of attention?

How often have you heard someone say “oh, she’s just looking for attention.”?

One day I was chatting with some of my spiritual entrepreneur friends and the topic of attention came up and how it is viewed as a negative.  We hear ”oh, she’s just looking for attention” all the time. People say it about kids all the time and even about babies. Of course, babies want attention, they actually need it to live. They would die if no one gave them attention.

There is nothing wrong with needing attention. It doesn’t make you selfish, or desperate or a burden. It makes you human.

We all need to feel seen, heard and valued. And we deserve to have those needs met. You are no exception. You deserve to be acknowledged, loved and cared for. You deserve to shine. Don’t let anyone, including yourself, convince you otherwise.

Seriously….when did attention become a bad thing?

We all need attention to thrive and grow, animals do and even plants do. Right? We all know that a plant grows faster and healthier when it gets spoken too and loved….so why are we making it wrong to seek or need attention as a human?

If you are struggling to get visible with your business and aren’t showing up as much as you want to, then you are going to need to transforms your beliefs around desiring attention from negative to positive.

Because if you don’t then you’ll stay hidden and all the clients that need your help won’t be able to find you.

To help transform your beliefs around needing attention, check out this blog post from Psychology Today that talks about how attention is a basic human need.

And then let me know your thoughts on this topic below. Do you love to be in the spotlight? Or have you been hiding in the shadows?