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Stop Taking On People’s Projections

7 min · 9 de jul de 2026
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Kaila’s Keys: Their struggle is not your sentence. Class Notes: In this video, I’m talking to two groups of people. First, the people who know they didn’t do anything wrong. You asked a simple question, made a simple request, or showed up normally, and suddenly someone else’s anger got thrown in your direction. This is where you have to pause and ask yourself, does this anger even belong to me? Sometimes people are going through their own lessons, and instead of learning from them, they complain, blame, and project. Second, I’m talking to the people doing the projecting. Pain does not give anybody permission to treat people poorly. Stress, sickness, money problems, heartbreak, and life pressure do not give you a license to become cruel, dismissive, or ungrateful to the people trying to stand beside you. This is a reminder that you are responsible for your own energy. You do not have to become someone’s punching bag just because they are struggling. And if someone keeps using their situation as an excuse to mistreat you, it may be time to pause, create distance, or leave the relationship altogether. Short Story: There was a person standing in front of someone else’s storm, trying to figure out why they were getting wet. They kept asking themselves, What did I do wrong? Did I say something wrong? Did I ask for too much? But the storm was never theirs. It belonged to the person in front of them, the one who was hurting, frustrated, tired, and angry at a life they had not yet learned from. Instead of sitting with the lesson, they threw the weather onto everyone nearby. And one day, the person getting soaked finally stepped back and said, I can care about you without carrying what belongs to you. That was the moment the lesson changed. Because compassion does not mean self-abandonment. And someone else’s pain does not give them permission to make you bleed.

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Stop Taking On People’s Projections

Kaila’s Keys: Their struggle is not your sentence. Class Notes: In this video, I’m talking to two groups of people. First, the people who know they didn’t do anything wrong. You asked a simple question, made a simple request, or showed up normally, and suddenly someone else’s anger got thrown in your direction. This is where you have to pause and ask yourself, does this anger even belong to me? Sometimes people are going through their own lessons, and instead of learning from them, they complain, blame, and project. Second, I’m talking to the people doing the projecting. Pain does not give anybody permission to treat people poorly. Stress, sickness, money problems, heartbreak, and life pressure do not give you a license to become cruel, dismissive, or ungrateful to the people trying to stand beside you. This is a reminder that you are responsible for your own energy. You do not have to become someone’s punching bag just because they are struggling. And if someone keeps using their situation as an excuse to mistreat you, it may be time to pause, create distance, or leave the relationship altogether. Short Story: There was a person standing in front of someone else’s storm, trying to figure out why they were getting wet. They kept asking themselves, What did I do wrong? Did I say something wrong? Did I ask for too much? But the storm was never theirs. It belonged to the person in front of them, the one who was hurting, frustrated, tired, and angry at a life they had not yet learned from. Instead of sitting with the lesson, they threw the weather onto everyone nearby. And one day, the person getting soaked finally stepped back and said, I can care about you without carrying what belongs to you. That was the moment the lesson changed. Because compassion does not mean self-abandonment. And someone else’s pain does not give them permission to make you bleed.

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