Hey, Something I've been thinking about... I'll always remember my grandmother "Baboo" saying, "I'm willing to help anyone who's willing to help themselves." And she meant it. She was one of the most generous people I've ever known, but she was NOT an enabler. How'd she know?? 😊 She wasn't judgy or preachy, she just had clear boundaries with her time, energy and resources and she honored it. In her wisdom, I always knew I had support, but more importantly, that I had a choice about my own...

Hey Reader, Ok, I promised to follow up about boundaries. Yes, they were part of the situation with the rude woman, but they're not what you might think. We tend to think in order to have healthy boundaries we need to draw hard lines in the sand - make it clear what we will and will NOT tolerate. Give someone who crosses them a big ole' WHAT FOR, but those aren't really boundaries. Those are just words. In fact, if you have clear, solid boundaries, you don't HAVE to do that, because here's...

Hey friends, I want to follow up on last week's email about the woman who was rude. First, thank you for caring about me and sending so many kind words of encouragement. I'm good - really! It happened several years ago and I'm actually grateful for it - it was important in my healing. Consciously choosing to go back as ME rather than that 6 year old girl shifted everything. That's why I shared the story. You'd be amazed how many times our child self is on the scene - scared, overwhelmed,...