11/12/2025
Many women learn early that being “too much” comes with consequences.
Too opinionated at work.
Too ambitious in relationships.
Too emotional anywhere in between.
So you start to edit yourself.
You make your tone softer in meetings.
You minimize needs in relationships.
You learn that being easy to be around feels safer than being fully seen.
But over time, that shrinking catches up with you.
You start to feel invisible in rooms you worked hard to earn a place in.
You start to disconnect from the parts of you that once felt alive.
You’re not too much.
You’ve just been practicing safety in a world that often rewards silence.
Therapy can help you relearn what it feels like to take up space again —
without apology, and without losing yourself in the process.