Not Everyone Is Your Assignment

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of recognizing that not everyone in your life is meant to be your long-term responsibility, especially for high-capacity women.

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In this episode, we unpack a truth that many high-capacity women struggle to accept: not every person in your life is meant to be your long-term responsibility. When you’ve been conditioned to fix, carry, and over-function, it’s easy to confuse love with obligation. But the cost of that confusion is often burnout, emotional exhaustion, and abandoning yourself in the process. This conversation will help you recognize when it’s time to bless, release, and step ...

People in this episode

Host: Kala C. Simmons

Topics covered

• responsibility
• self-care
• emotional exhaustion
• boundaries
• high-capacity women

Keywords

• burnout
• obligation
• love
• release
• self-abandonment

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