You’re the strong one. The calm one.
The one everyone texts when they’re unraveling at 2 AM.
You hold space, offer clarity,and give language to feelings people didn’t even know they had.
You’re the therapist friend.
But… who checks in on you?

In this episode, we talk about the hidden cost of being the emotional support system for everyone else, while quietly breaking down yourself. This is for those who are fluent in other people’s pain but struggle to speak their truth. The ones who feel like they’re not allowed to fall apart because someone has to hold it together.

We explore:

• How emotional labor becomes expected, not appreciated

• Why resentment grows in relationships where you’re always the giver

• The loneliness that comes from never being asked, “How are you, really?”

• The shame spiral of needing help when you’re known for being the helper

• And the grief of feeling unseen in a role you didn’t choose, but can’t seem to step out of

We also dive into a creative metaphor—how being the “lens” for everyone else’s emotions can make you feel invisible in your own story.

This isn’t just a vent session. It’s a reclamation.
A reminder that being intuitive, supportive, and emotionally available doesn’t mean you owe your energy to everyone.

You’re allowed not to be okay.
You’re allowed to pause.
You’re allowed to stop carrying things just because you know how to.

Therapy is Expensive So Here We Are is a solo podcast for the ones who are healing out loud—softly, creatively, and with full permission to be human.
No perfect answers. No silver linings. Just the truth in real time.

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🎙 Episode Title: The Cost of Healing (When You’re Broke and Tired)
Podcast: Therapy is Expensive, So Here We Are

What does healing look like when your bank account is low, your energy is gone, and your emotions are hanging by a thread?

In this micro episode, we explore the quiet, unglamorous version of healing—the kind that doesn’t show up in highlight reels or Pinterest boards. This is the version where rest is a rebellion, survival is sacred, and simply making it through the day is the win.

Healing isn’t just about therapy appointments, vision boards, and deep journaling. Sometimes it’s about:

• Choosing not to spiral.

• Saying no even when you feel guilty.

• Making yourself a sandwich and calling it self-care.

• Going to bed before the shame hits.

  
  

This short solo reflection is here for the days when you don’t feel like you’re doing enough, but you’re still doing something. We name the emotional labor of healing. We call out the hidden costs—time, energy, shame, grief. And we hold space for the truth that healing doesn’t always look like growth. Sometimes it just looks like not giving up yet.

If you’re tired, this is for you.

If you’re broke, this is for you.

If you’re trying to heal in the middle of surviving—yeah… this is definitely for you.

This is Therapy is Expensive So Here We Are—short, soulful, and honest reflections from the blurry spaces between burnout and breakthrough. Take what you need. Leave the rest.

🎧 Listen now. Breathe deeper later. You’re not behind. You’re in it.

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What does healing look like when you’re emotionally bankrupt and financially just… tired? When you’re barely making it through the week, let alone making it to therapy? This episode is about the version of healing no one glamorizes. The one that happens in between paycheck-to-paycheck survival and 2AM mental spirals. The one that doesn’t look like journaling in a linen robe with a matcha latte—but more like frozen

dinners and emotional autopilot.

In this solo reflection, we get into it.

I talk about the real cost of healing—not just the financial part (though, let’s be honest, therapy ain’t cheap), but the emotional toll, the energy tax, and the shame spiral that comes when you feel like you’re falling behind on your healing just because life is life-ing. I unpack what it feels like to be too tired to do the work. Too broke to access the tools. Too overwhelmed to even feel your feelings, let alone fix them. And yet… we’re still trying.

Because even in the exhaustion, the grief, the tight budgets and tight chests, we’re still showing up in small ways. And that counts.

We talk about:

• ​The lie that healing is always accessible
• ​Why emotional labor is expensive in more ways than one
• ​The guilt of “not doing enough” when you’re surviving
• ​The myth of productivity-based healing
• ​How resting, saying no, or staying in bed can be sacred
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This isn’t a self-help pep talk. This is a soul check-in. A digital exhale. A place to name the pressure, the burnout, and the invisible weight that comes with being the strong one, the cycle breaker, the emotionally aware person… when you’re already tired.

If you’ve ever looked at your bank account and your emotional capacity and thought,“Yeah, I can’t afford to fall apart today,”this one’s for you.

Frame of Mind (Photography Metaphor of the Week):

This week, healing feels like shooting on manual focus—everything’s blurry, your hands are shaking, and you’re just trying to lock in on something. Or maybe it’s like an underexposed photo—dark, shadowed, not quite ready to be seen… but still real. Still there. Still worth developing later.

Reflection Prompt:“If healing didn’t have to be perfect… or productive… what would it look like for you today?”

Who this episode is for:

• ​People too emotionally exhausted to do shadow work this week
• ​Anyone feeling guilt for not being “consistent” with their healing
• ​Creatives, caregivers, cycle-breakers, and burnt-out feelers
• ​Listeners trying to grow while still working two jobs, raising kids, or surviving in silence
• ​Anyone who feels behind in their healing and needs to hear: you’re not.

This is Therapy is Expensive So Here We Are.It’s not polished. It’s not linear. It’s not always inspiring.But it’s honest. It’s heavy. It’s healing in progress.And it’s yours if you want it.

🎧 Listen now if you need:

• ​Permission to rest
• ​Words for the weight you’ve been carrying
• ​To feel seen, not fixed
• ​A reminder that healing isn’t a luxury—it’s a right.But even rights come with real-world roadblocks.

💬 Rate, review, share, or just sit with this one quietly. Either way… I’m glad you’re here.

🎶 Music in this episode: Lo-fi ambient, warm tones, soft beats—meant to carry your thoughts without crowding your space.

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