‘After everything I’ve done for you!’ – If You Feel Bad While Or After You Give, It’s Not Giving

‘After everything I’ve done for you!’ – If You Feel Bad While Or After You Give, It’s Not Giving

by | Happiness & Self-Esteem

As a recovering people pleaser, I’m all too familiar with how we can feel like some of the most giving, generous people who are often underappreciated for their efforts. When we consider making changes, we feel caught between a rock and a hard place because we think...
We need to talk about “selfish”

We need to talk about “selfish”

by | Boundaries

When we suppress and repress our own feelings, opinions, needs, expectations and desires, we become oversensitised to those of others and develop a pesky habit of taking ownership of their feelings and behaviour. It’s as if in silencing us and being on high alert, we...