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You’re Not Burned Out. You’re Just Afraid to Stop People-Pleasing.

This isn’t support. It’s self-sabotage dressed as generosity.

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Emma Brooks
Dec 03, 2024
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TL;DR

You’re not overwhelmed because you’re too busy.

You’re overwhelmed because you’ve made yourself available to everyone.

That’s not noble. That’s broken.

I call it relationship debt—and it’s wrecking your creative edge.

Burned out from saying yes to everyone?

You keep telling yourself it’s just a busy season. That things will calm down after this launc…

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