When You Mistake Control for Connection
Control used to keep you safe. Now it’s what’s keeping you stuck. Let’s talk about what happens when safety turns into sabotage.
Nothing is wrong. No fights. No betrayal. Just a relationship that stopped asking anything of you — and that’s why it feels heavy.
Nothing is technically wrong, but you’re exhausted anyway. Not from conflict — from staying quiet to keep the relationship stable. If things only work when you edit yourself, that’s not peace — it’s emotional management.
The business works because you’re always on. If you slow down, things wobble—because what you built runs on your vigilance, not structure. That’s not leadership. That’s a system that never learned to stand on its own.
Control used to keep you safe. Now it’s what’s keeping you stuck. Let’s talk about what happens when safety turns into sabotage.