Making sense of people seemingly being unhappy with your happiness
Not everyone is going to be happy for you when you are. People you will expect to share in your joy, to be pleased for you, to acknowledge whatever’s happened, might not. They’ll maybe like your Facebook or Instagram post(s) but say absolutely nothing at...If you’re always The Giver, others have to play the role of The Taker
When we feel shortchanged, marginalised, underappreciated and taken advantage of in our relationships, there is this sense that this is not how we ‘should’ be feeling given ‘everything we’ve done’. It’s like, I’ve been...
Podcast Ep. 141: Sometimes we’re over-empathetic instead of empathetic and boundaried
One of the reasons why we feel stuck in situations is due to overempathy. This is when we put ourselves in what we think is the other person’s shoes and then project our own stuff on to it, including our agenda. In this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim...
