20/01/2026
Empathy is often praised as the highest form of care but for healers, facilitators, coaches, and space holders…
empathy without boundaries can quietly become self-abandonment 🤍
Compassion is different.
Compassion is steady.
It allows you to be present without absorbing.
To witness pain without carrying it.
To support others without losing yourself.
This is the work of nervous system wisdom.
Of learning when to step into the water and when to stand firmly on the shore, grounded and resourced 🌊🌱
If you’ve ever felt exhausted after holding space, this isn’t because you care too much it may be because compassion is asking to replace over-empathy.
Save this.
Return to it when your boundaries feel porous.
Let compassion hold you, too ✨