293. Boundaries, Breakups, and Relationships: A Q+A Episode
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
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How to Control Your Mother's Behavior When She Doesn't Respect Your Boundaries
You have a mother who does not respect your boundaries. If you've said them clearly and she doesn't respect them, meaning she continues to act right in ways that you've set a boundary around, your only job is to uphold the boundary for yourself. But if you keep focusing on how she should be different, you're going to be in a lot of emotional suffering, right? Her boundary breaking doesn't cause your feelings. Your own thinking about what she's doing is what causes your feelings. You got to be responsible for your own feelings. And that comes from releasing that resistance to her being who she is.
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