Adult relationships with parents can be complicated, even when there is love, care, and history between people. A parent’s comment may seem small from the outside. A remark about your clothes, your home, your parenting, your work, your relationship, your schedule,...
Boundaries with adult parents can feel especially complicated. A person may understand, logically, that they are allowed to have limits, privacy, preferences, and emotional space. They may know they are an adult with their own life, relationships, home, values,...
Note: In this blog, I use the word “parent,” but this can also refer to a main caregiver, guardian, grandparent, or another important adult who had a significant influence on how you learned to think, choose, and trust yourself. This blog is not written for...
Self-trust is one of the most meaningful foundations of emotional wellbeing. It influences how a person makes decisions, honors their needs, sets boundaries, responds to relationships, and moves through uncertainty. When self-trust feels steady, a person may feel more...
Trust is often spoken about as though it is a conclusion we reach through logic. We gather information, evaluate another person’s behavior, and decide whether they are trustworthy. While thought and judgment are certainly part of the process, trust is not created...
