A daily offering to reset and reclaim your emotional energy
You wake up tired.
Go to bed tense.
And somehow, between those hours, you carry the weight of everyone else’s emotions.
It’s quiet work — the kind no one asks you to do, but you do it anyway.
You soften your tone in hard conversations.
You hold space for your children’s meltdowns while swallowing your own.
You check in on friends, coworkers, and aging parents.
You anticipate needs, smooth edges, and protect peace.
You hold it all — and then wonder why you’re unraveling.
This is emotional labor.
It’s not about productivity.
It’s not about perfection.
It’s about the emotional cost of being the one who holds everyone else together.
And when it goes unnamed, it becomes the wallpaper of your life.
Expected. Normalized. Invisible.
But just because it’s silent doesn’t mean it’s light.
I know this intimately.
There were years I didn’t have the language for it — only the symptoms:
- Bone-deep exhaustion
- Irritability I’d shame myself for
- Disconnection from my own needs
- A tightness in my chest that never fully left
- The grief of vanishing inside all the roles I was supposed to fill
Once I saw it for what it was, I couldn’t unsee it.
Awareness is the first shift.
When you pause and ask,
“Whose emotions am I managing right now?”
…you create space to come back to yourself.
You step out of survival mode and into self-awareness.
You stop carrying what isn’t yours.
You begin choosing — with love and clarity — where your energy goes.
This doesn’t mean you stop showing up.
It means you start showing up differently.
From truth — not performance.
From presence — not depletion.
Let’s Go Deeper — Together
I created the Overwhelm Reset a 3-session daily mini-series as a gentle, beginner-friendly space to breathe, reset, and return to yourself — one intentional day at a time.
🦋 Early bird pricing ($222) is available until July 31st — regular price is $333.
If you’re ready for more support, I also offer extended programs that deepen this work and help you build lasting resilience and boundaries.
This isn’t a productivity hack. It’s a permission slip.
To be human. To feel what you feel.
To finally stop carrying what was never yours to hold.
If this resonated with you, forward it to a friend. Or leave a comment — I’d love to know where this landed for you.
You are not alone in this.
And you don’t have to carry it alone, either.
Erika Patterson Coaching 