Why Saying Yes to Everyone Else Is Slowly Destroying You

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · May 4, 2026 · 51m

You say yes when you mean no. You apologize for having needs. You give until there is nothing left and then feel guilty for being empty. That cycle does not come from weakness. It comes from never being taught that choosing yourself was allowed. Michelle Dosanjh Johal is a resilience coach, a poet, and a mother who has lived that exhaustion from the inside — and what she has built around self-love, boundaries, and releasing guilt is not a self-care checklist. It is a complete shift in how you see your own worth. This episode gives you permission to stop last on your own list.

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