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Naomi Boothe Counseling, 1222 Tremont Street, Chattanooga, TN (2025)

08/29/2025

This!

07/22/2025

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07/01/2025

Sometimes this will be primarily inside work - find the hurting places and learning how to meet yourself. Finding better ways to share and ask and bring people in.

Other times, it will become clear that you are asking people who cannot or will not be able to meet you.
And when they are repeatedly telling & showing you this, that is information you need to act on.

There are times to compromise.
There are times to be patient.
There are absolutely times when you do need to hold space for others, and parking lot your issue for the moment.

But it can’t be 100% of the time.

If your needs are continuously not being met in your friendships or relationship, then it’s time to stop pointing fingers and start asking yourself why you’re engaging in dynamics where you continuously aren’t getting what you need?

You are a part of the pattern.

Often, because it fits into the narrative of who you think you are.
That you exist to make others happy.
That you’re okay without that much.
That your needs are too much.
That they have a lot going on and your stuff is less important right now (which then continues into always).

You deserve to be seen & known.
You deserve relationships with people who actively want you in their lives because of who you are — not just for what you can do for them.
Who are willing to have hard conversations and listen when you need space, too.

And if you find that you aren’t being met in the majority of your relationships, then it’s up to you to start reflecting and getting to know yourself on a deeper level.
To start connecting with your actual feelings, patterns, & needs, and to start sharing them.
To start creating boundaries with the takers.
To start creating more space in your life for more likeminded and supportive people to come in.

There’s a part of you that’s accepting of this current dynamic because it’s familiar. It’s up to you to figure what that part is and to shift that part of your story.

The more you get to know, respect, & honor you, the less drawn you’ll be to people who can’t meet you.

If you’re working through this, registration for the Cycle Breakers program begins THIS Wednesday! Stay tuned for more.