The Weight of Expectations: Unlearning “Shoulds” & Managing Inflammatory Stress
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Join IWILL and Dr. Julissa Pagán Peña, Clinical Psychologist, for our Monthly Focus Workshop — a dedicated space where women lawyers unpack
the topics that matter most to us.
☀️ MAY TOPIC ☀️
The Weight of Expectations: Unlearning “Shoulds” & Managing Inflammatory Stress
There's the pressure that comes from the outside and then there's the kind you carry from within.
The "shoulds" and "should nots" we've absorbed over a lifetime run quietly in the background, and that chronic hum doesn't just wear on you
mentally. It compounds external stress, keeping your nervous system in a state it was never meant to sustain.
In this session, we'll explore how internalized expectations act as inflammatory stressors, and
more importantly, how to challenge, reframe, and replace them with intentional, values-aligned choices that actually belong to you.
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