NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Ever feel like you have to defend the things that matter to you?
Or like you have to offer an explanation for why you do things that make you feel good?
Whether it’s trying to justify leaving work on time to go to a pilates class, or rambling on about why you’d rather stay home than go to the pub for the third night on the trot, this is ‘worthsplaining’, says life coach Kate MacGowan, and it’s having a detrimental impact on your wellbeing.
‘Worthsplaining is the tendency to over-explain things that are worthwhile and valuable to you because you fear being judged by others,’ Kate tells Metro.co.uk, ‘like talking down a new item of clothing or over-explaining radio silence on Whatsapp.’