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What if the reason you're always exhausted isn't that you care too much - it's that you've been trained to carry other people's emergencies as your own? If you are the person who answers the call even when it's late, who says ""I'll help"" before checking your plans, who stitches other people's needs into your own life until nothing fits - this book is for you. Stop Being Everyone's Emergency is a clear, practical, science-informed guide for people (especially women who are tired of people-pleasing) who want to stop surviving other people's crises and start living their own lives again. This is not a blame-filled lecture. It is a step-by-step toolkit that meets you where you are - in the middle of the exhaustion, guilt, and frantic ""fixing."" Rowan Blake shows you why your body reacts the way it does, how old survival habits keep replaying, and which exact skills calm your nervous system so your voice can come back. You will get short, usable practices you can try today, ready-made scripts to say no without crumbling, and repair steps that keep relationships intact when limits land awkwardly. Inside this book you'll discover: Why your nervous system makes you feel like every request is an emergency - and how to stop reacting automatically. Simple, proven techniques (breathwork, urge surfing, grounding, and five-sense self-soothing) that calm panic in minutes, not months. Exact phrases and scripts to say no with kindness, keep the connection, and negotiate fair trade-offs. How to repair when your boundary hurts someone you love, so honesty doesn't mean losing people. A seven-day practice plan for each core skill so the tools become habits, not one-off attempts. How to unravel people-pleasing, perfectionism, and guilt without therapy-speak or long assignments - just small, practical steps. Ways to measure progress (so you can see real change, not just hope for it). What to do if someone escalates or the boundary meets hostility - safety-first strategies that protect you and preserve dignity. Rowan Blake blends clear nervous-system science with down-to-earth psychology and real-world examples. The tone is kind but direct: you'll be taught like a patient friend who knows how to keep promises to herself. Each chapter ends with short practices and quick scripts so the learning is simple to use between meetings, on your commute, or during the moments you used to answer automatically. This book is for the woman who is tired of apologizing for saying no, for the person who fears losing people if they stop fixing, for anyone who wants calm instead of constant crisis. It's for those who want relationships that survive honesty and for those who want to stop measuring worth by usefulness. If you pick up this book you will begin to: Stop getting swallowed by other people's chaos. Hold a boundary without the spinning guilt or panic. Repair relationships with honesty and care, not avoidance. Sleep better, say no faster, and feel your energy return to you. No gimmicks. No impossible promises. Just simple, science-informed steps that let your nervous system learn a new default: you are allowed to keep your peace. If you are ready to stop running to every alarm and begin living by your own clock, this book gives you the map and the small tools to walk the path.

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