There was a time when I would quietly hunt for the nearest escape route whenever my mental, social or emotional batteries were running down, and then feel guilty as hell for needing to leave. It took me a surprisingly long time to realise that protecting my energy was not making a fuss, being boring or being weird. As a recovering people pleaser and reformed perfectionist, I had become rather good at accepting the guilty candies other people were dishing out. But what happens when the guilt being handed to us is measured against somebody else's values rather than our own? In this episode, I explore the difference between guilt and shame, why guarding what is precious to us is not something we need to apologise for, and why sometimes guilt really does need to do one. Because not everyone deserves access to our energy, our mindset or our time.
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