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Boundaries

Parenting Advice From a Shitty Mother

By | accountability, Alcoholic rules, Alison Bottke, books, Boundaries, change, Codependency, confrontation, Courage, expectations, guilt, Life, mistakes, parenting, people pleasing, Reading, Setting Bounaries With Your Adult Children | 22 Comments

As a generation, we’ve done our children a grave disservice by continually rescuing them from discomfort, self-created or otherwise. We’ve meant well, but rather than ensuring their success by smoothing…

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How You Ended Up Trapped

By | Alcoholic rules, books, Boundaries, Bridget Cooper, coaching, Codependency, confrontation, Courage, Cultural Issues, eating disorders, expectations, Feed the Need, Iran, Life, limiting beliefs, mistakes, people pleasing, Power Principles of Time Mastery, Reading, recovery, Saying no, Self love | 20 Comments

This fall, my friend Bridget Cooper invited me to write the forward for her book Feed The Need, which got me really excited. I mean, I love this saucy minx’s…

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It’s Braver to be Clark Kent Than Superman

By | Authenticity, Boundaries, bulimia, coaching, Confidence, connection, Courage, criticism, eating disorders, Honesty, identity, nice girl complex, perfectionism, recovery, risk, Saying no, Self-acceptance, Ted Talk, voice, vulnerability, Writing, writing lessons | 4 Comments

As many of you may know, I teach writing workshops—locally and online—and coach those who want to write and publish a book. I also coach nice girls (and guys) who…

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My Husband, The Narcissist

By | Alcoholic rules, all or nothing, Authenticity, Boundaries, Codependency, confrontation, criticism, dealing with criticism, growing up, Honesty, husband, Life, narcissism, parenting, passive aggressive, people pleasing, personality disorder, rage, The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome, Walt Hampton | 20 Comments

Dear Mimi, Thank you for your comment on this Youtube video. You claim that Walt is a 100% narcissist. The thing I’ve noticed about defensiveness, which is what your criticism…

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55 Ways to Take Care of Yourself When You’re Crazy Busy

By | all or nothing, Authenticity, Boundaries, change, coaching, connection, efficiency, expectations, grace, gratitude, guest post, kindness, Life, people pleasing, perfectionism, recovery, Rescue, Saying no, Self-acceptance, Work Less | No Comments

I ran into this post a while back.  It’s written by another writer and life coach named Marthe.  You can read her stuff and learn all about her right here. …

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