An excerpt from psychologist Nancy Colier’s newly released book, “The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted & How to Get What You Need.” (New Harbinger Publications, 2022)
Most of us believe, at least at some level, that it’s someone else’s responsibility to figure out our needs—and not just figure them out, but also satisfy them. But in reality, if you’re no longer a child, then that responsibility, that privilege, is yours and, to some degree, yours alone.
