Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick

Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick

How to Keep Fighting Without Falling Apart

What I’ve learned about staying in the work without losing myself.

Apr 17, 2025
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I wrote this list because I’ve been there. That place where you’re doing all the things while slowly unraveling behind the scenes.

I know what it’s like to care so much that you forget to care for yourself. To mistake constant motion for impact. To think rest is something you earn after the world is fixed.

But here’s the truth: we need people who are well enough to keep going.

This list is for anyone who wants to stay in the fight. It’s part reminder, part permission slip, part quiet pep talk to read when everything feels like too much.

Because the goal isn’t just to win. The goal is to build a better world. And that vision includes you: Well. Joyful. Whole.

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