Introduction — You Were Never Meant to Be Everything for Everyone
If you feel exhausted, resentful, or invisible —
you’re not broken.
You may simply be missing your boundaries.
Many of us were raised to believe that love means saying yes.
That being a “good person” means being available, agreeable, selfless.
We became everything to everyone —
except to ourselves.
But here’s the truth:
you were never meant to be everything for everyone.
You were meant to be fully, freely yourself.
Boundaries are not selfish.
They are acts of self-respect.
They protect your peace, energy, and time — so you can live from wholeness, not depletion.
This book is not about building walls.
It’s about coming home to yourself.
Learning to say “no” with love.
Learning to say “yes” with joy.
Learning to stand in your light — without apology.
You don’t need to become harder.
You don’t need to become smaller.
You only need to become more honest —
and that begins now.
With softness and strength,
Kira
