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Depletion isn’t a personal failing Feeling worn down usually isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you. More often it’s what happens when you’ve been giving more than you’ve been getting back, for longer than anyone could sustain. Naming it plainly — “I’m depleted” — is kinder, and more accurate, than treating it as…

Hard seasons are part of a life, not a failure in it A demanding stretch — at work, at home, or inside yourself — doesn’t mean something has gone wrong with you. You can be having a hard day without being a hard person. Most of us are further along, and more capable, than we…