Podcast Ep. 229: Burning Out from Being There For Others
Some of us really pride ourselves on being there for others, and if we don’t also have healthy boundaries and take care of ourselves, we feel drained, overwhelmed, resentful and burnt out. In this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim...Don’t confuse empathy with playing a role of accommodation and overcompensation
Something you need to be mindful of when you have a keen sense of empathy and can pick up, for instance, on what people are feeling or where they’re coming from, is not falling into a role of accommodation and overcompensating. So, for instance, you notice that...
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...