When You’re the Only One Carrying the Relationship
If you’re the one holding it all together, that’s not love. That’s emotional CPR — and it’s why you’re exhausted.
You call it loyalty. It’s guilt in disguise. Family business pressure turns love into labor and peace into performance. Here’s how to stop mistaking duty for love.
You call it love. It’s fear. You can love someone and still leave. This is what happens when you finally stop mistaking effort for safety.
You don’t have time to fall apart, so you schedule your grief between responsibilities. You’re not fine. You’re functioning.
If you’re the one holding it all together, that’s not love. That’s emotional CPR — and it’s why you’re exhausted.