This is my story and I think it’s important to know that there is no magical straight answer on what to do when your loved one is self-destructive, but learning to detach is certainly a great place to start! I grew up in a family of mostly women.  My mom was a single mom to […]

To practice acceptance while maintaining boundaries we must first break down the limiting beliefs that acceptance means complicity & that setting boundaries is aggressive.

How Our Screens Are Keeping Us Connected and Tearing Us Apart Let’s start with screentime in general. Pre-Covid we were already spending more time than ever before on our screens, but since March of 2020 our technology has supplemented human interaction and so many of us are completely drained! This makes sense based on the […]

The holidays are here which means a lot of us will launch into people-pleasing mode with our families while quietly raging inside. Well, CoViD is a solid reason/excuse to just avoid everyone OR this a perfect opportunity to put boundary-setting into practice. The best way to successfully follow through on your boundaries is to first […]

Last week I talked about how genuine, heartfelt caregiving can easily cross over into codependent caretaking, and wouldn’t you know, days later I found myself crossing that line. I love my family, I want them to be happy and I love being of service to others so my first instinct is always to do what’s […]

I think this will be the final installment on boundaries specifically, but I’m pretty passionate about boundary setting so the topic will for sure get layered into future e-blog-mail-newsletters. As I mentioned before, the most important part of boundary setting is believing that your voice matters, the next most important part is compassionate communication. This […]

This week will dig more into knowing where a boundary is needed, a bit on how to set the boundary, and for sure on why boundary setting is so freaking important. Brené Brown says, “when we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.” I truly believe that we are co-creators in […]

Most people are really confused about boundaries and consider them limited to personal space or physical touch. We decide what seems to be acceptable when it comes to the things people say to us, how they treat us, or the way they touch us, but what about how we talk to or treat ourselves? Boundaries […]

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”-Maya Angelou “Wow, I guess I didn’t even realize how little love I have for myself.”   This is something I heard from a client this week and a place I think […]