Where do I end, and where does someone else begin? Many who struggle with people pleasing often struggle with understanding healthy boundaries. This is a struggle for co-dependents or people-pleasers because they were taught from a young age to take on the needs and cares of everyone around them at the expense of themselves. It’s not just denying oneself, it’s […]
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. -Colossians 3:12 NIV It was late spring of 2020. I found myself alone most days caring for my then 2- and 4-year-old. With mass confusion on what was safe or unsafe during the COVID pandemic, we had to get creative with what […]
“I’m not good at this in-between stuff.” The words came out as I scanned our empty kitchen cabinets. All of its contents lay in bins in our living room, across our kitchen table, and continued to trail on the floor into our basement. My husband and I decided that Memorial Day weekend was the time we’d finally start re-painting our […]