Dr. G. Wayne Jackson Jr Lessons in the key of life

Have You Calculated the True Cost of Being Needed?

Dr. G. Wayne Jackson Jr Lessons in the key of life

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What does being needed actually cost you? You may call it loyalty. You may call it generosity. You may call it being dependable. But what if the thing you've been praised for your entire life is quietly draining the life out of you? In this episode of Lessons in the Key of Life, Dr. G. Wayne examines the hidden structure beneath overgiving, people-pleasing, exhaustion, resentment, and the inability to say no. Because sometimes the problem isn't that you give too much. It's tha...

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