June Therapy

So so true!!!! However, let’s not twist it. Repair is powerful, but it’s not a hall pass to explode regularly or ignore the impact of our tone. Fewer ruptures matter just as much as good repairs.

Being positive is essential to living a whole life. However, too much positivity can actually be harmful. Balance is key!

The Empowered Therapist makes some much needed points that need to be shared to everyone who takes part in America’s culture.

Sometimes we have interest in so many things. Sometimes we want to do more, learn more, see more. Sometimes all of the plans sound good and we desire to do everything with and for others. And most of the time, it’s not reasonable to do it all. It’s not sustainable to be everything for everyone. It’s not healthy to do and function in a way that actually contributes negatively to us and our well-being. For so many of us, we just keep doing, achieving, and over functioning, because we can- not because this is actually good for us or even what we’re wanting. Expectations from ourselves or others, rigid timelines, projections from those around us, financial fear, relational pressure, and FOMO are some of the things that impact our ability to honor our own capacity. In addition to these things, we are generally not taught to even attend to our capacity, and for many of us, we may have never considered what our capacity is. Our interest can be high while our capacity is low. We may find ourselves wanting to be there for others while finding ourselves lacking enough internal resources to even be there for ourselves. Our desire to be available may not directly translate to how available we feel, or how available we can actually be. Sometimes we need to name for ourselves and others: I want to, and I can’t. I desire to be present, and I am not able. I have so much interest, and I have little capacity. Sometimes we need to acknowledge that we have simply been doing too much, for too long. To those of you beginning to tend to your capacity, I see you.