You’ve always been the one they could count on.

You hold it together when others fall apart.

You do the thinking, the planning, the carrying because it just feels easier to do it yourself.

You’re the strong one. The reliable one. The one who doesn’t crumble.

But strength has a shadow.

It’s called over-functioning.

And your nervous system has been whispering its protest for years.

Headaches. Tight shoulders. Sleepless nights.

A quiet resentment you try not to admit even to yourself.

You’re not imagining it.

There’s a cost to carrying more than your share.

And sometimes the weight you carry is not just the task list or the emotional tone of your family… it’s the invisible labour of always being the one who “should.”

Should fix. Should help. Should not need.

But what if letting go wasn’t weakness?

What if it was faith?

Letting go isn’t failure, it’s faith.

It’s faith that you don’t have to control everything to be worthy.

It’s faith that the people around you can learn to grow if you stop rescuing them.

It’s faith that your body is allowed to feel soft, not braced.

You were never meant to carry it all.

In Week 2 of the Mind & Body Workbook, we explore how the pattern of over-responsibility wires your nervous system into overdrive.

You’ll begin noticing where you’ve taken on more than is truly yours, and how to release it.

Realignment Begins with One Simple Shift

Instead of asking:

• “Why can’t they just get it together?”

Shift to asking:

• “What’s mine to carry, and what isn’t?”

This shift creates breathing room.

You’ll begin to see how your sense of identity has been tangled up with being the “strong one.”

But being the strong one should not mean being broken. It should mean being strong enough to carry only what is truly yours and having faith that this is what makes you worthy.

Let this be the week you reclaim your energy.

The Mind & Body Workbook isn’t about abandoning your responsibility. It’s about redefining it, so it includes you, too.

Take this insight into your daily life, like Andie MacDowell has
Andie MacDowell has long played roles as the calm, capable woman, on-screen and off. 

But behind the grace, she has spoken publicly about the emotional toll of holding everything together for others.

After decades of being praised for her composure, she revealed her own journey of learning to surrender control and care for herself, not just others.

“There’s a time in life when being strong becomes its own burden. And then comes the moment you realise... you don’t have to hold it all.”
— Andie MacDowell

Her story is a powerful reminder that being the responsible one doesn’t mean breaking yourself in the process.

Letting go doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means you’re finally giving yourself permission to stop carrying what’s not yours.