A Journal Prompt for the Grief in Setting Boundaries

Setting a boundary triggers grief. Choosing to not be mistreated can mean loss of connection. Setting a boundary around a controlling parent, might mean less contact. Shedding the part of you that was okay for awhile with how it was, means you lose the comfortable and predictable feeling. Journal Prompt: If I set a boundary, I will grieve...

A Journal Prompt for Hearing

Coincidently, when you are calm, you are biologically setup to hear and respond better. Journal Prompt: I could use more calm when...

A Journal Prompt for the Fixer

If i wasn't fixing, I would be...

A Journal Prompt for Relationships

Problems fog in distorted truth. If more relationships chose honesty, conflicts would be shorter. Within yourself, with others, peace can’t settle in dishonesty. Journal Prompt: I could be more honest with...

A Journal Prompt for Relationships

If you want increased emotional equality in your relationship, you must build a tolerance muscle to hold and hear pain. Not fixing pain, not taking responsibility for it, but allowing, inviting, and making space for it. Journal Prompt: I have trouble tolerating...

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needs. Don’t dismiss anger. It’s meaningful. It leaves a trail of what you need. Journal Prompt: My anger says that I need...

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distance. Work backwards. When does anger feel far from you? Like the moments when you take action on your boundaries. Or when you listen to your body, and respect what you heard. When is there relief from anger? Journal Prompt: Anger feels far away when...

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discovery. Fear keeps people from exploring anger. It’s normal to feel fear about what you might discover. It’s normal to rely on the relief of avoidance. It’s equally normal for symptoms to increase when anger is left unprocessed. We all have choices. Journal Prompt: If I process my anger I might...

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concealer. Anger is a functional concealer. It is an excellent coverup for pain, devestation, loss, fear, insecurity, anxiety, emptiness, embarrassment... Journal Prompt: My anger covers up...

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stale. Stale anger can linger from old family dynamics. Perhaps now repackaged, but with the same legacy. If anger has not been worked through, it will find a microphone. Journal Prompt: Old family dynamics have passed down...