#3 - Worthiness Is a "Doing" Word with Kemi Nekvapil
"The action of asking for what we need catapults us into a place of worthiness and value."
We're taught to wait for worthiness. To earn it through beauty, achievement, service, compliance. To hope someone else will bestow it upon us.
But world-leading executive coach Kemi Nekvapil knows the truth: worthiness isn't something you wait for. It's something you create through action. And the most powerful action? Asking for what you want.
In this conversation, Kemi reveals why asking is so radical for women, the devastating impacts of staying silent (resentment, testing, self-abandonment), and the hard truth many of us need to hear: if you've asked repeatedly and nothing has changed, you already have your answer.
This is about building worthiness from the inside out, one ask at a time.
Key Quotes
"We are socialised to believe that our value and our worth comes from being available to others at all times."
"Every single ask we are worthy of. We cannot control the outcome, but we are worthy of the ask."
"When I'm resentful now, I think: that's on me. I trampled on my own boundary."
"Friendship can only occur between two people being themselves."
Resources Mentioned
- Kemi's books:
- The Gift of Asking
- Power (redefining what power means)
- Grounded Success: A Woman's Guide to Cultivating Success on Her Own Terms
Kasey's books:
Goodbye Good Girl, Hello Me: https://www.raisinggirlswholikethemselves.com/goodbye
Raising Girls Who Like Themselves: https://www.raisinggirlswholikethemselves.com/raisinggirls
Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves: https://www.raisinggirlswholikethemselves.com/bringingupboys
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Kemi Nekvapil is one of the world's leading credentialed coaches for female executives and entrepreneurs. She is the author of the international bestseller Power, which completely redefines what power can mean, and The Gift of Asking. Kemi trained in Texas with Brené Brown and facilitated the Dare to Lead program for five years. She is also a regular interviewer of industry icons including Elizabeth Gilbert, Martha Beck, and Marie Forleo. A former actor and endurance athlete, Kemi is now a budding flower farmer whose latest book, Grounded Success, explores what achievement looks like when it's rooted in human nature rather than capitalism.
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