Hey friends, it's Rosie here.
Welcome back to Radio Headspace.
The other day, I was catching up with a former student of mine.
We were sitting across from each other, tea in hand, and I could feel it almost immediately.
That sense of overwhelm that shows up in the way someone talks, the way they pause, the way they say, I'm fine.
And you know it's not quite that simple.
She told me she'd been feeling stretched thin.
Work, relationships, expectations.
All of it layering on top of each other in the way that life tends to do.
I could see that her eyes were watering as she talked.
I could tell it was a lot.
And at one point she said, I don't even know what I need right now.
I nodded because that feeling is familiar.
She has a sister that lives off the Oregon coast.
And I said almost instinctively, you should go see your sister.
She looked at me like I'd suggested something indulgent.
Just go?
She asked.
Yeah, just go.
I've done that drive before.