Carrying It All

For caregivers, helpers, people who are used to being the strong one

You may be the person others rely on - the one who notices what needs to be done, holds things together, and continues showing up even when you are already exhausted.

Caring for others may be meaningful, necessary, or deeply connected to your relationships, values, culture, or circumstances. At the same time, the ongoing responsibility can leave little room for your own needs, limits, anger, grief, or uncertainty.

Carrying It All offers a reflective space to explore the emotional weight of caregiving and over-responsibility, while considering how care, boundaries, support, and your own wellbeing might coexist.

This May Be For You If…

You often find yourself:

  • Being the responsible one in your family, work, or relationships

  • Caring for others while quietly feeling exhausted

  • Feeling guilty when you rest or ask for help

  • Holding resentment and love at the same time

  • Feeling that others depend on you to keep everything going

  • Finding it difficult to receive care or support

  • Wondering who you are beyond being useful, strong, or needed

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Workshop & Groups

1. Introductory Workshop

Caring Without Disappearing

A reflective workshop for caregivers, helpers, and people who often feel responsible for everyone else.

In this workshop, we may explore:

  • Invisible emotional labour

  • Why rest can bring guilt rather than relief

  • Resentment, exhaustion, and conflicting emotions

  • Personal needs and limits

  • What it can mean to care without self-abandonment

Format: Open online workshop

Length: 60-75 minutes

Fee: $50 per participant

Sliding Scale: Not available for workshops

Registration: No pre-group assessment required

2. Foundational Closed Group

Carrying It All

A small, six-week closed counselling group for adults who want more continuity, reflection, and support around caregiving, responsibility, and the pressure to hold everything together.

With the same members meeting each week, the group offers a consistent space to explore these experiences, receive support, and consider more sustainable ways of caring for others while making room for yourself.

Possible weekly themes:

  1. The roles we carry

  2. Invisible labour and emotional exhaustion

  3. Guilt, resentment, and conflicting feelings

  4. Boundaries and the fear of disappointing others

  5. Asking for and receiving support

  6. Caring without disappearing

Format: Six-week closed group

Group size: 4–6 participants

Length: 90 minutes weekly

Fee: $100 per session / $600 for the full cycle

Sliding scale: A limited number of spaces may be available

Pre-group assessment: A 50-minute individual assessment and preparation session is required before joining. Fee: $150.
This session provides an opportunity to discuss your goals, consider whether the group is an appropriate fit, prepare for participation, and address any questions or concerns before the group begins.

3. Deepening Group

More Than What You Carry

An eight-week, process-oriented counselling group for adults who want to explore more deeply how caregiving, over-responsibility, and being relied upon may shape identity, relationships, self-worth, and the ability to receive care.

This group may explore:

  • Identity beyond usefulness and responsibility

  • Fear of needing or depending on others

  • Receiving care without shame

  • Recurring roles and patterns in relationships

  • Anger, grief, resentment, and unmet needs

  • Building more mutual and sustainable relationships

Format: Eight-week closed process group

Group size: 4–6 participants

Length: 90 minutes weekly

Fee: $120 per session / $960 for the full cycle

Sliding scale: A limited number of spaces may be available

Pre-group assessment: A 50-minute individual assessment and preparation session is required before joining. Fee: $150.
This session provides an opportunity to discuss your goals, consider whether the group is an appropriate fit, prepare for participation, and address any questions or concerns before the group begins.

Interested in This Group?

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