You may have read the title and thought to yourself… what in the world is an attachment style in the first place? Simply put, humans are hardwired for connection. You, me, and everyone else we
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Repair or Repeat?
Saying you want change, and even wanting that change really, really badly, doesn't just make the change happen.
Our brains are hardwired to crave the familiar, even if the familiar is unsafe. This
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Don’t sanitize your story.
You are here and you are growing daily in this work. Feeling great and finding some confidence and then OOF... discomfort. What is often one of the most vulnerable parts of that growth? Opening up and
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Trying to be the parent you didn’t have?
For so many of us who start this work, we come to realize that all of the patterns and behaviors that no longer serve us were taught to us as children. Does this mean your parents are bad? No! Does it
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What does a “Safe Person” sound like?
Here you are, on this new journey of boundary work. You have stopped and taken the time to reevaluate your beliefs and values; and maybe even learned that some of the ones you have held onto the
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Boundaries are not demands.
Somewhere along the way, many women learned that limit setting was a means to control others.
Truth is, boundaries aren’t demands. They are a posture of your love and affection for a
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Are you over-explaining?
Many of the women I work with in DYW are former people pleasers. One clear symptom of people pleasing is over explaining yourself. This is a habit I slowly help to walk them through breaking. Why?
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How open are you on social media?
I have a gf who openly discusses the problems in her household on social media. She will share about a fight she and her husband had. She will discuss how annoyed she gets with her children’s lack of
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You don’t have to “get over it.”
You may not be over that thing. That time. That issue. That’s okay. You may not be done processing the hurt, disappointment or betrayal. Maybe you haven’t moved on, but you can still start to:
If
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That boundary isn’t a demand.
We don’t share a boundary because we want control. We share a boundary because we have surrendered control. We accept our relationships as they are, no more, no less. Communicating a healthy a
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