Did you realize that your need to fix others and people-please is a defense mechanism you learned in childhood? It was a survival strategy then, but it’s an exhaustion strategy now. It’s time to lay that heavy pack down. #FixerRecovery #TheCostOfAdmission #IdentityTheft #LearnedHelplessness #OnStrike #TheObservationPath #StopJADEing #UnunproductiveDay #LeadScout #DirtPathLessons #GuidedRecovery Yesterday, I wrote about being an "observer without authority" and I touched on be

For most of my life, I believed that belonging was something I had to buy. At the time I don't think I had enough self-awareness to realize this, but today, I see it as a life-lesson learned. And if you can relate to feeling this way, read on! When you're always the one with the airplane, the guest room, and the open checkbook, you aren't a friend; you’re a service provider. The moment the utility runs out, you find out who was actually on your crew and who was just along for