Merriam-Webster defines a boundary as something that indicates a fixed limit or extent. It is a dividing line. We all have boundaries - there are things we will not do, things we will not accept, choices we have made about how we live our lives. Last week we talked about how you know where you need boundaries. It’s time to go deeper.
The holidays are coming, y’all, and with them can come family, friends, travel, obligations, budgets, and stress. So this month we are going to focus on how you can create beautiful boundaries in order to have truly happy holidays.
Trigger warnings everywhere these days. They’re on Facebook posts, they’re in the opening credits of TV shows, they’re even on college campuses. They’re absolutely everywhere - except where we need them the most - our daily lives.
My therapist keeps graduating me but...
I graduated from support group but...
I don't know if this means I need to go back to therapy but...
I've been living with this for 5 (or 10 or 15) years, when will it end?
Hi, my name is Graeme and I'm a mom who has panic attacks. I live with generalized anxiety disorder after having had postpartum depression and anxiety, and PTSD from a traumatic birth. And I know that I'm not alone. I know that so many of the moms who will read these words will know exactly what I'm talking about.
Having children is like living in a surveillance state. They see EVERYTHING. All the time. They watch and watch and watch.
And, of course, they never see the things we want them to see.
How hard we’re trying.
How much we worry.
The joy we take in them.
