Ep. 294: Finding Work Tough? It's Not All On You (A Pep Talk)
The Baggage Reclaim Sessions
Natalie Lue
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Natalie challenges the exhausting habit of self-blame when things go wrong, exploring why we make everything about our "unworthiness" rather than recognising systemic issues or others' responsibility. A compassionate reminder that it's not all on you.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Natalie Liu, and you're listening to the baggage reclaim sessions, where we break the patterns that break our hearts, relationships and bodies. |
| 0:09.5 | Since 2005, I've run one of the longest running self-help blogs in the world, BaggageRe claim.com. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm a boundaries and relationship coach and the author of five books including Mr. Unavailable and the |
| 0:21.5 | fallback girl and the joy of saying no. I help you reclaim yourself from emotional baggage |
| 0:27.6 | by letting go of emotional unavailability, people pleasing and unhealthy relationships so you can |
| 0:33.9 | live in love with more love, care, trust and respect. |
| 0:41.7 | Hello, hello, hello. How are you doing? |
| 0:50.6 | Recently, I have been talking to groups of employees in companies over Zoom about how to go about building better boundaries. In essence, the session is on |
| 0:58.9 | having healthier work boundaries by figuring out where they can cut back on people pleasing, |
| 1:04.0 | with the aim that this actually reduces stress levels. It's really good for our well-being |
| 1:10.7 | and it's good for our careers. And between |
| 1:15.4 | those sessions, but also talking to areas clients and members of Reclaimed and even people in my |
| 1:25.1 | personal life, a lot of us are struggling. There is the sense that there is |
| 1:33.3 | something wrong with us that we are so affected by work. There's a lot of exhausted people |
| 1:42.1 | out there. And there's so many people I know who've experienced burnout. |
| 1:46.8 | Some of them have experienced it several times. |
| 1:49.8 | I know some people personally and professionally who've experienced breakdowns as a result of work. |
| 1:55.8 | A lot of people I know are teetering on the brink. |
| 1:59.7 | And it's like that's the norm for them with work. |
| 2:03.5 | And then there were just lots of people feeling really crap about themselves, wondering, |
| 2:12.6 | what is wrong with me that I feel this way? Why is it that I can't keep up with the people who seem to be |
| 2:24.4 | working morning, noon, and night? Why is it that I'm bothered by things that other people |
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