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FOR WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN STRONG FOR EVERYONE ELSE
Notes from the space between coping and healing.
Reflections on burnout, boundaries, and believing your body when your mind still says "I'm fine."
Boundaries
Why "No" Feels So Much Harder Than It Should
A client of mine once told me she rehearsed a text message for twenty minutes before sending it. The message was two sentences long. All it said was that she couldn't help move her sister's furniture that weekend. That's it. No confrontation, no conflict, just a simple no. And it took her twenty minutes and three drafts to send it, because her hands were shaking a little the whole time.
SELF-TRUST
When Did You Stop Trusting Yourself?
I ask a version of this question in almost every first session: "What does your gut tell you about this situation?" And more often than not, I get the same response a pause, a slightly embarrassed laugh, and some version of, "Honestly, I have no idea."
You're Not Lazy. You're Just Done Holding It All Together.
Burnout
There's a specific moment a lot of my clients describe, and it usually sounds something like this: they're standing in the kitchen, dishes half-done, phone buzzing with something else they were supposed to respond to an hour ago, and they just... stop. Not dramatically. No tears, no collapse. Just a quiet, heavy stillness. And in that stillness, a thought arrives that scares them a little: "I don't think I can do this anymore."
Your body's been trying to tell you something for a while now. This is where you start listening. This is where you finally let yourself hear it.
It's time to stop overriding what you already know.
Categories
Boundaries
Self-trust
Burnout
Self - trust
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