The Weight of Being the Reliable One

Have you ever noticed that the more capable you become, the less people ask how you're doing? This episode came from me reflecting on what it means to be "the reliable one"—the person everyone trusts, the one who figures things out, carries the responsibility, and somehow always makes it work. For a long time, I wore that as a badge of honour. But lately I've been wondering… at what point does being reliable stop being a strength and start becoming an identity we never question? In this conve...