Tolerance isn’t always healthy
If you’ve had a complicated childhood chances are you’ve been told you’re too sensitive. Maybe you’ve been called a worry wart, a crybaby, impossible, annoying
Being Healthy in Unhealthy Relationships
It’s absolutely possible to continue to have relationships with dysfunctional family members. Absolutely. But it’s tricky.
Bad Mouthing Your Parents
Sometimes when we start talking about family patterns of dysfunction, people start getting nervous. They’re afraid to bad mouth their parents, even in private, even to a single person bound to confidentially legally and ethically.
Uniting in Negativity
In dysfunctional families parents want to keep the children small to keep them safe or so they can continue to feel powerful.
Bounded Compassion with Family
We can’t control how our family reacts to our decisions but we can control our decisions.