In this solo episode, I talk about the quiet cost of being the reliable one.
The one who doesn’t complain.
The one who keeps things moving.
The one everyone trusts to handle it.
Not because you asked to…
but because you always do.
I explore how this identity is formed, why reliability slowly stops being something you do and becomes something you are, and the unseen costs that come with it → emotional invisibility, quiet resentment, and a gradual loss of aliveness.
This isn’t about burnout.
It’s about what happens when you’re functioning… but not really feeling alive.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying more than anyone realises, or wondering why life feels flat despite “doing everything right” - this episode will put words to something you may have never said out loud.
Being reliable has kept everything running.
But you were never meant to do it alone.
