“Invisible Weights: What Are You Carrying That’s Not Yours?”

What if your stress isn’t even yours?

We explore the invisible emotional weight you’ve been lugging around—and how to finally put it down.

We carry a lot—responsibilities, expectations, roles we never asked for. But some of the heaviest weights aren’t visible at all. They’re emotional hand-me-downs: guilt, shame, worry… Not yours, but inherited, absorbed, or assigned. And they drain our joy.

Today is your permission slip to *put it down*. You can still love people, be there for them, and care deeply—without carrying their pain as your own.

3-Step Mindset Tool: How to Drop the Weight That’s Not Yours

1. Notice the Load Ask: “Is this mine?” Whether it's guilt, stress, or emotional exhaustion—pause and check: *Did I create this? Or did I absorb it?*

2. Name the Pattern Are you the fixer, the peacekeeper, the over-giver? Identifying your default role helps you change the script.

3. Return to Sender With love and respect, you can energetically release what’s not yours. Say it: *“This is not mine to carry. I set it down with love.”*