3 Quick Tips on How to Set and Hold Boundaries

3 Quick Tips on How to Set and Hold Boundaries

Boundaries are one of the most important ways you care for your relationships and for yourself. It’s a way of being honest about what works for you and what doesn’t. This has nothing to do with being selfish. When you are not clear with others …

These 4 Things Could Be Leading You Astray

These 4 Things Could Be Leading You Astray

Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, there are currents of thought that run through our collective society. They can be embedded posts you see on social media, come out of the mouths of your friends or family or through storylines on shows …

Feedback: Take it or Leave it?  Here’s a Guide.

Feedback: Take it or Leave it? Here’s a Guide.

Everybody loves to share their thoughts on what and how you are doing. How are you supposed to filter through all that feedback? There are two ends of the spectrum here. There is the end of the spectrum where you trust what other people say …

How to Take Equal and Balanced Responsibility

How to Take Equal and Balanced Responsibility

You might be finding yourself in relationship dynamics where you are being too accountable. If you are not sure what this means, take a moment and go back to the last post about this here. I’m going to be honest with you: making a shift …

What If You Are TOO Accountable?

What If You Are TOO Accountable?

It’s a thing: being too accountable. The concept of being responsible for your actions is a positive and empowering message communicated by good parents, respectable organizations, teachers, mental health professionals, leaders with integrity and many others.  And it should be. It is an important skill: …

Not Sure What Your Boundaries Are?  Anger and Guilt Will Make Them Clear.

Not Sure What Your Boundaries Are? Anger and Guilt Will Make Them Clear.

Anger and guilt are similar in the sense that they experientially disclose true boundaries and values.  Not just our intellectual constructs of them. That’s the beauty of emotions, they bypass what we “think” or “expect”.  To be fair, that can also be the challenge of them. They can …

How to Make Setting Boundaries Easier and More Effective

How to Make Setting Boundaries Easier and More Effective

Did you know you are setting boundaries all the time, maybe without even knowing it? In the personal growth world, there is a lot of talk about boundaries. First of all, what are they? Boundaries are a framework around relationship dynamics. They are the rules …