Here’s Why You Aren’t the Only Awkward One (Even If It Feels Like It)

You’re not the only one who is awkward. It might feel like that, but everyone else feels like that too.

When I was a teenager I definitely thought I was the only one who had so many insecurities. Yet after mentoring hundreds of students, it’s become clear that many teens share the same struggles. Turns out, we have a lot more in common than we think.

One of the successful women I interviewed for my new book It’s the Awkwardness for Me: 12 Ways to Make Being a Teen Less Awkward shared that she also felt like this, and even sometimes still does.

Victoria Bauman is a successful life and breath coach who travels all around the world. When I asked her what advice she would give her younger self, she said this: