09/09/2025
“The Cost of Always Being the Good Girl” explores the hidden emotional, mental, and even physical toll of constantly trying to meet others’ expectations, avoid conflict, and be liked at all costs. While being kind, responsible, and agreeable may win approval, it can also lead to burnout, resentment, suppressed emotions, and a loss of identity. This phrase challenges the cultural conditioning that equates worthiness with self-sacrifice and compliance—especially for women—and invites a deeper reflection on boundaries, authenticity, and self-liberation.
It's not about abandoning kindness—it's about reclaiming the right to be whole, complex, and unapologetically real.