Self-abandonment
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The Walk Away Warrior | Thriving While Surviving | Julia Hage | TEDxBGSU
TEDx Talks· 2026-04-07 15:19
At what point does staying stop being about strength and start being self-abandonment? And I'm not asking about impulsively giving up. I'm curious about the moments we choose to stay no matter the cost. Most of us were taught the same lessons in our lives. Push through. Stick it out. Don't quit. We praise endurance. We celebrate grit. We reward people who stay the longest, who give more. But no one ever taught us the power in walking away. So we stay in jobs that drain us, in relationships that shrink us, r ...