341: Help! I (Apparently) Need Somebody

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I stopped at Runnings for feed the other day and left questioning my entire philosophy on accepting help.

In today’s episode, I’m talking about:

that weird thing I do where I happily admire people who offer help while simultaneously refusing it myself,
what my husband’s heart surgery taught me about letting people show up for you,
why the thing I needed most during that whole ordeal was apparently someone to make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and
why I maybe need to redefine how I look at what help even is.

I’m also talking about community, independence, overload, and why maybe help isn’t just for people who can’t do something. Maybe it’s also for people who technically can, but are carrying enough already. Or just carrying… something.

Also: there is good in the world. Sometimes it looks like a hot dish from many miles away. Sometimes it looks like a text message. And sometimes it looks like a guy at Runnings asking if you want a hand unloading feed.

6-9-26 Amy Dingmann

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