Daring To Take Up Space

by Daniell Koepke

When you feel overwhelmed, it’s a sign that you need to take a break, make more time for self-care, or change up the way you’re tackling your responsibilities.

When you feel anxious about something, it means you haven’t yet acquired the experience and evidence necessary to show you that you can do the scary thing and be okay.

You can’t be successful if you’re running on empty.

There’s nothing shameful about being sensitive. It doesn’t make you weak or inadequate or too much. It just means you experience the world a little more intensely. And that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

You aren’t a burden. Your feelings aren’t wrong and your reaction isn’t too much. You’re exactly the way you’re meant to be. You’re sensitive and still worthy. You’re emotional and still valid. You hurt and you feel and you struggle, and you’re still enough.

You don’t have to be alone just because you’re battling your own darkness.

And no matter how much darkness you’re carrying, you deserve to love and be loved. ———