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Stand Down: When fixing and rescuing people can be a trauma response that has outlasted its welcome
If you’re exhausted from being the one who anticipates needs, smooths problems, carries emotions, and solves life for other grown people—this is your invitation to stand down.
Not because you don’t care. Not because you’ve stopped loving. But because somewhere along the way, “helping” became overfunctioning—and overfunctioning became the price of connection and belonging.
For many of us, fixing isn’t a personality trait. It’s a survival skill we learned early: keeping the p

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Jan 1111 min read


Your Word Has Weight: Don’t Borrow Trust You Can’t Repay
Your Word Has Weight
Your words are not “just words.” They are energetic deposits. They are tiny contracts. They become emotional architecture—especially for someone who has been disappointed, abandoned, misled, or emotionally starved before they met you.
A promise can feel like hope. A compliment can feel like oxygen. A plan can feel like repair.
And when those words collapse—when the “I got you” turns into a no-show, a vague excuse, or silence—something person recalibrates

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Jan 48 min read
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