How To Establish Boundaries With Your Family
Every talk can have new rules
You don’t need to panic that the rules you set for one conversation are the new, permanent rules of engagement with your family. “It doesn’t have to be a hard and fast rule. [It can be] ‘Maybe today, all I really want from my family is support.’ Maybe in a week, you need their advice. That can be fluid. But when we don’t state what we need, it’s not clear all the time for the other person.”