EP. 22 — Why Their Bad Mood Feels Like Your Emergency

Someone goes quiet on you. A short text from your boss. A sigh across the kitchen.

And suddenly your stomach drops and you're already drafting the explanation.

I know that feeling from the inside. For years I was the peacekeeper — smoothing things over, over-explaining, putting my own needs on the "later" list. Later never came.

In this solo episode I unpack why someone else's mood can hit your body before your brain gets a vote — and the one practice I now use when someone's unhappy with me. It's not about caring less. It's about caring deeply without disappearing.

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