Category Archives: Intimate Relationship
Ready to Stop Punishing and Start Listening to Your Body?
A few weeks ago, I broke my toe. I learnt the hard way not to cough and walk in the dark. As I have been healing, I have learnt how much my healing is readying on listening to my body and I wish I had learnt more of the skills I know now when I…
Time to Transform Your Technology Habits?
Do you have a healthy relationship with technology? Or are you like many people and know it is time to transform your technology habits? Don’t get me wrong, technology can be really useful as long as we have control of it and have clear boundaries, not the other way round. Paying Attention to Our…
The Ten Laws of Boundaries
Many people come in with issues with boundaries. Boundaries can be healthy or unhealthy. They effect all aspects of our lives and can determine how other people treat us. The Ten Laws of Boundaries Following are the Ten Laws of Boundaries according to Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend in their book Boundaries:…
Creating Boundaries With Courage
During the past few months, my boundaries have been tested again. As a recovering people-pleaser (aka the one that rarely says “no” or the “nice girl”), I am very familiar with my patterns after many, many years of inner work untangling my unhealthy boundaries. One thing that did surprise me this time though was how clear…
15 Signs of Unhealthy Boundaries
As someone who has been pivoting her people pleasing habit for a while now, I started to realise the number of other places in my life where I had unhealthy boundaries. Subsequently, in the post I wanted to share – What is a Boundary? What is a Personal Boundary? Why have Boundaries? What do Health Boundaries look…
Time to Question the Seven Deadly Shoulds?
A few days ago, I wrote about the Ten Commandments of People-Pleasing as I needed a reminder about people-pleasing (yes I am transforming that part of myself). In her book the Disease to Please, Dr Braiker says there is a hidden eleventh element – “I should fulfil all of these should and shouldn’t expectations of myself…
What Are Some Signs of Red Flags in a Relationship?
The past few months, I have had my boundaries tested again. Subsequently, I knew I needed to learn more and untangle what was holding that pattern in place. In my search, I came across the book – Are You the One for Me? by Barbara de Angelis. In the book, de Angelis refers to nine fatal…
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