One of the most important things I tell people in my practice is this: the depletion you’re experiencing is not permanent. I know it feels permanent. When you’ve been exhausted for long enough, the exhaustion starts to feel like a fixed trait—like this is just who you are now. Less capable. Less resilient. Less able […]
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