# Weekly Update 10/13

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Published: 2025-10-13T16:36:05+00:00
Episode link: https://jwdikkers.substack.com/p/weekly-update-1013-62b
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## Resource

This week, many sessions revealed the cost of over-functioning—taking on too much in order to feel valuable, needed, or emotionally safe. Without clear limits, this role leads to depletion, emotional confusion, and disconnection from self. Several clients explored what it means to let go. When control was softened, they found steadiness—not collapse. For some, the fear wasn’t of failure, but of what might surface in stillness. Slowing down allowed them to meet emotions more honestly. Tools like naming present sensations, tracking internal state changes, and reframing urgency as discomfort helped shift longstanding patterns. Misread emotions like anxiety, shame, and anger became clearer when viewed through this lens. Some of the biggest insights came from surprising places—emotional crashes after success, subtle energetic shifts in session, or small real-time reframes that revealed deeper truths. Which of these themes speaks to you most right now? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jwdikkers.substack.com

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