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🧠 HEADLINE: “What’s Actually Yours to Carry?”

SUBHEAD: When you’re stuck in the middle, it’s easy to confuse other people’s baggage with your responsibility.

The Insight

When you're caring for your aging parents and your kids and trying to stay afloat in your own life...
…it’s easy to start carrying guilt, stress, and emotional weight that isn’t really yours.

You say yes because you don’t want to disappoint anyone.
You volunteer because no one else will.
You swallow your frustration because it’s "not worth the fight."

And then one day, you're angry, overwhelmed, and exhausted—and you don’t even know why.

The truth is: most people in the Sandwich Generation are carrying more than they should.
They’re not just helping others.
They’re absorbing everyone’s pain, pressure, and poor planning.

It doesn’t make you a bad child, parent, or partner to set some limits.
It makes you sane.
It might even make you survive this season with your health, your marriage, and your sanity intact.

This week, try this:
Before you say yes to the next ask—ask yourself if it’s truly yours to carry.

If not?
Say, “I love you. I support you. But I can’t do this one.”

That might be the strongest, healthiest, and most loving sentence you say all week.

🧾 RESOURCE OF THE WEEK

🧩 The “What Can I Let Go Of?” Checklist
A simple printable guide to help you figure out what’s truly yours to carry—and what you can safely set down.

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It’s only $9.99, and it might just save your sanity.

🔍 STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

1. How to Talk to a Parent Who Refuses Help
   Practical tips for setting boundaries and avoiding guilt traps.
   https://www.caregiver.org/resource/how-to-talk-to-a-parent-who-refuses-help/ ✅

2. You’re Not Just Tired—You’re Emotionally Exhausted
   A short explainer on the signs of burnout for caregivers.
   https://psychcentral.com/stress/emotional-exhaustion ✅

3. The Facebook Group for People Like You
   Join 600+ people stuck in the middle who get it.
   https://www.facebook.com/groups/stuckinthemiddlenews ✅

🗣️ TALK TO ME

This week’s question:
What’s something you’ve let go of recently—and how did it feel?
Reply to this email or comment in the Facebook group. I read every response.

🧷 REMEMBER

You don’t have to carry it all.
You just have to decide what’s actually yours to carry.

See you Thursday,
Brian
Editor, Stuck in the Middle News
www.stuckinthemiddlenews.com ✅

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