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Recently, a podcast listener asked, “How do I get close family members to respect my boundaries, like an early bedtime for myself?”  (Have you ever wondered that same thing? I know I have!)  Another listener asked, “How do I hold boundaries for alone time with my persistent, …

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Do you ever feel like your time isn’t your own? Like you’ve parceled it out to everyone and everything around you? Over the summer, my husband took our kids out of town for a week. I noticed during that week that I woke up every morning instantly feeling FREE, just knowing that the entire day was …

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The first time I saw a therapist, I’d been married for about five years and had two little boys under age two. I was feeling a bit lost, both in my marriage and my life in general as I made the huge transition to raising a family.  I remember packing up to leave a session and mentioning in …

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There was this girl on my high school tennis team that I could never beat. Her name was Delilah.  A little backstory: Every year, at the beginning of the season, we’d all play each other to determine where each of us would rank on the team. It’s been a couple years (ha), but I want to say …

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The other day, my 7-year-old daughter was about to leave my room when I stopped her and said, "Hey Quinn! One more thing! Do you know how special you are? Because you are." She smiled her sweetest, most genuine smile and gave me a look that said, Mom, I knew you were going to say that. After …

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