“Your urge to fix others is a cry from the parts of you that were never cared for.”

“If I just let them blame me for all their woes… if I just go along to get along… things will be peaceful.”

“Feeling something is wrong with me is the toxic gas I am always breathing.” – Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance ​As a therapist, I hear this question (or the quiet ache beneath it) all the time. If you’re here, chances are you know that feeling—the one that whispers, or sometimes screams, that you’re broken, defective, or not enough. To cope, many of us numb out  with food, alcohol, or scrolling. Others work themselves to exhaustion  chasing scraps of worthiness, cling to relat