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Over-Functioning: When Being Helpful Becomes a Survival Strategy
Jun 16, 2026 ·
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Over-Functioning: When Being Helpful Becomes a Survival Strategy
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For many of us, over-functioning doesn't look like a problem. It looks like competence. It looks like generosity. It looks like being the reliable one. In this candid conversation, Kristin...
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For many of us, over-functioning doesn't look like a problem. It looks like competence. It looks like generosity. It looks like being the reliable one. In this candid conversation, Kristin and Julie Raines explore the hidden costs of becoming the emotional engine behind relationships, families, friendships, and entire social systems. Together they unpack how over-functioning becomes automatic, why many women were conditioned to equate worth with self-erasure, what happens when burnout removes the ability to keep carrying everyone else, and how nervous system healing changes the way we show up in relationships. They also discuss neurodivergence, hypervigilance, friendship, reciprocity, self-regulation, boundaries, diagnosis, masking, and the surprising challenge of learning how to support yourself instead of constantly supporting everyone around you. If you've ever been the fixer, the helper, the rescuer, the planner, the emotional regulator, or the person everyone depends on, this conversation is for you.
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Give yourself a gift and subsribe to Julie's writing at Substack. You can also find her on TikTok.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mental-health-news-radio--3082057/support.
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