A Year Full of “Yeses”… and a Lot of Regret

You’re not overwhelmed because there’s too much work;You’re overwhelmed because too much of it is not your job.You're not saying yes because you "lack boundaries".You're saying yes because, in that moment, saying yes made sense.And that’s the problem.********Join our new Skool for School Counselors community ********Want support with real-world strategies that actually work on your campus? We’re doing that every day in the School for School Counselors Mastermind. Come join us! ********All names, stories, and case studies in this episode are fictionalized composites drawn from real-world circumstances. Any resemblance to actual students, families, or school personnel is coincidental. Details have been altered to protect privacy. This work is part of the School for School Counselors body of work developed by Steph Johnson, LPC, CSC, which centers role authority over role drift, consultative practice over fix-it culture, adult-designed systems and environments as primary drivers of student behavior, clinical judgment over compliance, and school counselor identity as leadership within complex systems.