Your boundaries should be stronger than your empathy

Your boundaries should be stronger than your empathy

Empathy should never require you to accept disrespect.

You are not responsible for everyone’s happiness. Stop acting like you are.

You are not responsible for everyone’s happiness. Stop acting like you are.

People-pleasing isn’t kindness. It’s self-abandonment with a smile.

Feeling guilty is just a habit

Feeling guilty is just a habit

And like any habit, you have the power to break it.

“No” is a complete sentence

“No” is a complete sentence

Every time you say yes when you mean no, you chip away at your own self-respect.