Part of learning how to be in reciprocal relationships, is learning to spot unsafe qualities in others. Please note, we all have unsafe traits. This is because we are human! But there is a difference
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Hope Is Not Passive
You can have hope that they will heal… and set your boundary.
You can have hope that they will recover… and maintain your boundary.
You can have hope that they will evolve, learn and prosper
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Are You Being Honest With Yourself?
For many years, I feared facing reality. It is why I drank, used drugs, stayed busy and fueled chaos.
I wasn’t ready or willing to be honest with myself.
It felt painful to consider that maybe,
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Mother Hunger
The term Mother Hunger hit the scene this past year thanks to trauma therapist Kelly McDaniel’s new book. She refers to “mother hunger” as a way to frame an insecure attachment with your primary
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Boundaries with your parent
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The hardest boundaries to set are often the ones with parents. Why?
Because we love them.Because we fear losing them.Because we want to
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Signs: Reparent your inner child
I never kept promises to myself. I never knew what I wanted in a partner, in a career, for lunch. I did whatever everyone else wanted. I people pleased until it hurt, and then I did it again. I knew
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Family does not mean…
All of my client calls are in some capacity, rooted in a deep desire to love family, but paired with an overwhelming sense of fear and confusion in their attempts at doing so.
Loyalty to family runs
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Loving your mother may look like…
I’ve been reading comments about your confusion, your dread, your guilt.
Loving your mother, especially if she has hurt, disappointed or abandoned you, is hard.
Maybe she wounded you with her
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Did my mother…
Mother’s Day is upon us and that may have some of you feeling
Anxious
Sad
Disappointed
Confused
Angry
All of this is totally normal. Take some time to look through these slides and journal what
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