Even Nature has Boundaries

Photo Credit: Alt National Park & Forest Service.* Thank you to the Facebook page, ‘Ancient Forests and Champion Trees,’ for sharing the image and therefore bringing it to my attention. _________________________ Nature has so much to teach us. I love this visual reminder of the beauty — and absolute necessity — of clear personal boundaries….

Quick Thoughts

What I’m Doing with my Blog: I’ve added a “Resources” page which is accessible at the top right of the blog. It contains a few items right now, and I will be updating it with resources that I’ve returned to over and over again. Information resources will be listed, as well as resources for relief,…

Repost: When You Reach for Help, Are You Loving or Abandoning Yourself?

  I wanted to share this fabulous article by Dr. Margaret Paul (www.innerbonding.com).  Much of her work seems to be focused on finding self-love, rather than trying to “get” someone else to love you.  In this article she talks about what is happening when we ask someone for help.  It is normal, healthy and necessary…

Boundaries are Beautiful

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about boundaries.  Simply put, boundaries are limits we set in place to protect ourselves and our uniqueness, that let other people know how we will and will not be treated.  (And when we don’t have good boundaries of our own, we tend to trod all over other…