06/02/2025
I've always seen myself as independent.
I don't see independence as a bad thing yet there is a balance.
I learned to be independent because relying on others didn't always feel safe.
Humans are not designed to operate in isolation. To be well we need a certain level in interdependence.
Yet I often found myself feeling I needed to do things total on my own and struggling to ask for help and this affected my mental health.
Over the years, through therapy, training and hard work I have found a balance, a healthy independence that allows me to ask for help, to lean into others and allow them to lean into me. By asking for and accepting help I have learned how to trust myself more fully and learned how to connect and trust others. Making my life more full and contented.
What is is like for you to ask for help?
Do you feel capable to doing things on your own or do you always ask for help?
What would it be like to consider trusting others to support you?
What would it be like to consider really trusting yourself?
How do you feel when you are in connection with others?
Do you want to learn how to find the beautiful balance between connection and independence?
