P&P Counseling Waynesboro Branch

01/01/2026

Well said and so true! Don't be afraid to let go of the thing that is killing your growth whatever it is? Happy New Year make it a good one or not the choice is yours!!!!

Let’s Talk About the Burnout That Comes From Dealing With Unhealed People

Not enough people talk about the burnout from dealing with unhealed people.

Note well: emotional exhaustion is real, and many suffer in silence.

Indulge me.

There is a kind of tiredness that sleep cannot fix, the kind that comes from constantly managing the wounds, moods, and chaos of people who refuse to confront their own brokenness.

Some of us know this too well.
You pour in compassion…
You offer patience…
You give grace...
You stretch yourself thin trying to “keep the peace”…

And yet, nothing changes, because you cannot heal someone who is committed to staying the same.

Unhealed people—whether family, friends, coworkers, ministry leaders, or partners—often project what they will not process.
Their unresolved trauma becomes your daily responsibility.
Their unmanaged emotions become your emotional burden.
Their lack of self-awareness becomes your constant adjustment.

And over time, you start shrinking, shrinking your voice, shrinking your needs, shrinking your boundaries, just to maintain relationships that drain you.

But here is the truth we avoid saying out loud:
Being the strong one is exhausting.
Being the understanding one is depleting.
Being the emotionally responsible one in a relationship where the other refuses to grow is a quiet form of burnout.

Not because you are weak, but because humans are not designed to carry someone else’s healing on their back.

Healing requires honesty.
Growth requires accountability.
Change requires willingness.
And none of that can be outsourced.
You can support someone, but you cannot save them.
You can love someone deeply, but you cannot love them into emotional maturity.

You can pray for someone, but you cannot force them to confront the wounds they keep protecting.

Here’s the part we need to normalize:
You are allowed to step back.
You are allowed to protect your peace.
You are allowed to stop carrying people who refuse to walk.
You are allowed to rest from roles you were never meant to play.

Here’s the bottom line:
Your emotional survival is not selfish, it is stewardship.
Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is stop rescuing people who are committed to remaining unhealed, and start rescuing the parts of yourself you’ve ignored in the process.

Because burnout doesn’t come from loving people, it comes from loving people who refuse to heal.

11/09/2025

Mississippi Counseling Association

08/03/2025

I sit in my office and reflect on all the pain and hurt in this world and the behavior of the individuals who carry it. No matter how immense or minuscule the pain or hurt is or whether it is real or a temper tantrum because you were denied preferred items or activities. Whether used to divide, sow discard amongst others due to your personal experience with them, or jealous and envious of their accomplishments. God knows everything and all about it. Go to him, wait on him, trust him! Don't worry about the things of this world neither the things that you have no control over. Just forgive and ask God to help you to understand what forgiving really entails. I have forgiven those who have trespassed against me for whatever reason but I will not let my forgiveness become foolishness. We will never hang out or be besties but know I will not let you need me and turn my back on you. I will help you and continue to move forward because I genuinely love not for attention or notoriety but because God requires it. God bless you all and try to live peacefully with all mankind.

06/27/2025

05/26/2025

We will always remember!!!!!!

05/23/2025

To all who are struggling with the death of a loved one.

When Your Adult Child Leaves This Earth

They weren’t supposed to go first.
Not the one you carried, taught to walk, watched grow, and stood beside as they became their own person.

Losing an adult child is a sorrow few can fully understand. The world often forgets that no matter how old our children get, they are still our babies. We carry every version of them inside us—the toddler with sticky fingers, the teenager with big dreams, the adult still figuring life out. And when they are gone, it’s all those versions we mourn.

You lose not just their physical presence, but their voice on the other end of the phone, the text that said “I made it home,” the plans that would have unfolded over years. You lose their future, and a piece of yours.

Grief after losing an adult child is quiet but heavy. You might still go to work, smile in public, cook dinner—but the ache never fully leaves. You find yourself reaching for a phone call that will never come, scrolling through photos, or whispering into the silence, “I miss you.”

If you’re walking through this pain, please know you are not alone. There is no timeline for grief and no right way to carry it. Be gentle with yourself. Speak their name. Share their story. Let their memory live in your every breath.

Even though they are no longer here, the love remains. It always will.

Until I meet you In Heaven

05/11/2025

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