What Are You Carrying That Isn’t Yours?
Not everything you care about is yours to carry. Sometimes loving someone means standing beside them without taking their weight onto your own shoulders. Some people become very good at carrying things. Responsibilities. Problems. Expectations. Other people’s emotions. Family conflicts. Someone else’s disappointment. The pressure to keep everyone happy. The need to make everything okay. […]
You Teach People How to Treat You
Have you ever found yourself wondering why certain patterns keep repeating in your relationships? Why some people constantly cross your boundaries? Why you often feel taken for granted, overlooked, or emotionally drained? While we cannot control how others behave, we do have influence over what we allow, accept, and tolerate. In many ways, we teach […]