Why Creatives Aren’t Expected to Set Boundaries

Notes on letting go of creative people pleasing

“People don’t expect us to have boundaries.” The thought arrived during one of my weekly bubble baths.

I’d just come back from a week at the Hoffman Process, a mental health intensive program meant to address the patterns we arm ourselves with during childhood. That time away prompted a brazen look at every part of my life, including work. I left the ret…