How To Establish Boundaries With Your Family
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Julia Austin
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They don’t need control to feel validation
When family wants to know your plan, in detail, about how you’ll carry out a proposed life change, it can feel disrespectful to not offer that information. But it really isn’t. “We often feel that we have to respond in a certain way. As humans, we like to feel validation. What people get wrong about validation is it does not mean saying ‘You are correct’” says Dr. Jackson.
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