Enough, 1

A pulled muscle asks you to respect body limits. The same body has emotional limits. Your emotional self recognizes the aggression of enough. Journal Prompts: It is enough when... I pull emotional muscles when I...

A diagram for the impact of crossed boundaries

A diagram for the impact of crossed boundaries.

Your Relationship with Stimulation, 3

Your demanding inner monologue, in your ear like a political rally head. You are left with great reason to run toward stimulation and your next series binge. Journal Prompts: My inner monologue sounds like... I sprint towards distractions to not hear...

Your Relationship with Stimulation, 2

Your avoidant, protector holds a sign from the sidelines, "Don't Stop Now!" So close, a full day without making contact with yourself. Dig deep, invest in one more distraction to carry you to bedtime. Journal Prompts: Stimulation provides... I mostly want to avoid...

Your Relationship with Stimulation, 1

Understanding your sensitivity to internal and external stimulation is necessary to understanding your wellness. A persistent toddler on an airplane. Alone at the edge of the ocean. In line at the DMV. The dream-like state before you fully wake. Your heart rate responds fluctuations in stimulation. Journal Prompts: Low stimulation for me is... Excessive stimulation is...

Family Anxiety, 3

The desire to control and the output of anxiety, rise together. Especially in family. Journal Prompts: They would be better off if they... My anxiety increases around my desire to control...

Family Anxiety, 2

Anxiety around family generates patterned body energy. It is learned, fortified, repeated, and repeated again. Journal Prompts: Around family, my body has learned to... I wish my body would...

Family Anxiety, 1

Anxiety in family is like a contagion. Some are tirelessly responsive to the energy field of anxiety, hypervigilant and licking it off the floor, while others, unbothered, step out of the way and wave as it sprints (and coughs) by. Journal Prompts: The anxiety energy in my family is... I usually pick up... I wish I could step out of the way and wave at...

Boundaries At Work, 9

The fill-in-the-blank expectations that accompany passivity robs your nervous system and work capacity. You do not need to take action and direction from passive communication. This only reinforces poor communication. You can clarify expectations. You can communicate directly. Journal Prompts: They didn’t say it, but I know they meant... They could probably tell I was...

Boundaries At Work, 8

Just because something went wrong, does not mean it’s your fault. If boundaries are difficult for you, check your sense of over-responsibility. Journal Prompts: When people hand out responsibility cards I... I did not need to take responsibility for...