This month’s focus is on Forgiveness. What is forgiveness? That’s actually a really important place to start. Webster’s Dictionary defines forgiveness as: “to pardon; to give up resentment of; to cease to feel resentment against.” I also define it as “letting go; releasing yourself emotionally from a negative experience in your life.” The words may [...]
Welcome to Part 3 of our series on Setting Boundaries. This article is all about how to handle your own reactions and restore your equilibrium in challenging moments. It will come in handy when you start to question whether you’re doing the right thing setting a boundary, especially one that feels uncomfortable, with someone important to [...]
Welcome to Part 2 of our series on Setting Boundaries. This article is all about handling what I call the “pushback” that happens when we introduce new boundaries in our relationships with the people in our lives. “How do I maintain the new boundaries I’ve set with my mother (85 years old), when I know she [...]
It’s been an interesting week hearing feedback about the different ways some of you have practiced setting new boundaries, communicating your desires to make positive changes in your relationships and in your lives. I get that it’s challenging, especially when you first start to make this shift in your life. Very predictably, you have hit [...]




