Season 5 is live! On today’s show, I talk about what happens when being needed turns into identity, and how usefulness quietly replaces self in relationships, power dynamics, and long-term connection. This episode sits with why being required can feel safer than being chosen, how that pattern forms, and what it costs over time. No fixes. No steps. Just naming something a lot of people live with but rarely say out loud.

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