{ "item_title" : "The Full Cup", "item_author" : [" C. Maris "], "item_description" : "What happens when you become so accustomed to being there for everyone else that you forget what it means to be there for yourself?You keep showing up. You fulfill your responsibilities, answer the calls, solve the problems, carry the expectations and do what needs to be done. You become the dependable one-the person others turn to when life becomes difficult and somewhere along the way, your own needs begin to feel less important.You tell yourself you will rest later. You will make time for yourself when things settle down. You will think about what you want when everyone else is okay but life rarely stops asking things of you.In The Full Cup, C. Maris explores the psychology of emotional depletion and the complicated relationship between giving, identity, responsibility and self-preservation. Through thoughtful reflections on everyday life, this book examines why people continue giving beyond their capacity, why choosing themselves can feel uncomfortable and how the desire to be needed can sometimes become a reason for neglecting who they are.This is not a call to stop caring about others. It is an invitation to examine what caring has come to mean in your life because generosity is not the problem. Love is not the problem. Responsibility is not the problem.The difficulty begins when giving becomes so entangled with your identity that you no longer know how to honour others without abandoning yourself.Inside, you will explore: The psychology of depletion: How repeated demands, expectations and patterns of coping can leave you disconnected from your own needs.The identity of being needed: Why being dependable can become more than a habit-and what happens when your worth becomes tied to what you do for others.The courage to establish boundaries: How to recognize your limits without confusing self-respect with selfishness.The difference between giving and self-abandonment: How to remain generous without making your own well-being the permanent sacrifice.The work of rebuilding your life: How to create relationships, routines and personal priorities that make room for your own growth as well as your responsibilities to others.This book also recognizes that exhaustion does not always come from poor choices. Financial pressure, caregiving, unequal relationships, demanding workplaces and circumstances beyond your control can leave you with very little room to breathe. Learning to care for yourself begins with understanding your reality-not blaming yourself for it.The Full Cup invites you to look beyond the exhaustion and examine the life, beliefs and patterns that have brought you there.You do not have to become less loving to stop losing yourself in love. You do not have to abandon responsibility to acknowledge your limits and you do not have to wait until you have nothing left before your own well-being matters.You are allowed to be a person in your own life not only a resource in everyone else's.It is time to reconsider what it means to give, what it means to be full and what it takes to build a life in which caring for others does not require abandoning yourself.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/467/9798164676018_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.99", "online_price" : "16.99", "our_price" : "16.99", "club_price" : "16.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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