10/08/2026
One of the hardest parts about walking on eggshells since you were so little is that you stop realizing you’re doing it.
It becomes so subconscious to know what’s happening all the time around you, scan everyone’s moods 24/7, be 5 steps ahead of everything...gosh, I even thought I had an intuitive gift !
(In a way it was a gift becuase it saved my life - but it was actually a Trauma response)
And so you become the woman who reads the room before she reads her own body.
Who notices everyone else’s mood + needs before her own hunger, fatigue, tension, anger or resentment.
—>You learn to shut down yourself in service of others !!!!!!
And the worst part? It comes at a cost to YOU 😔
Because, my friend, stress isn’t just emotional.
It’s Nervous System, hormonal, immune + digestive physiology. And suddenly you are BURNOUT…
Like I always tell you: the real work isn’t becoming someone new..it’s no longer abandoning yourself :)
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