Why do we over-give and over-function?

A way to feel good about ourselves.

I remember listening to a podcast with Brené Brown during the pandemic:

Brené on Anxiety, Calm + Over/Under-Functioning

Listening to this podcast helped me realise why I had been over-giving and over-functioning for so long. Over-functioning and over-giving is when we give advice, take over, rescue, micromanage, try to fix and control as much as we thin…