Beyond Bitchy: Mastering The Art Of Boundaries

Today and for the next four episodes, I’m going to take a deeper dive into each step of the 5-Step Boundary Solution process. The first step, which is what I’ll be covering in this episode, is knowing and owning your reality. When you're working on any issue, you've got to start with knowing exactly what your reality is—what is true for you—and Step 1 will help you do just that. Biggest Takeaways From Episode #10: There are three parts to knowing your reality: identifying the data (or what happened), identifying what you think about the data, and identifying the emotions have as a result of what happened. When you own your reality, you fully face it, and you don't try to change or deny it. You may be challenged around knowing and owning your reality because you grew up in a family where there was deception or secrets. Or you may have been told  that you didn't really think or feel something that you in fact did, or your were excessively criticized about your choices or preferences. Many of us have the habit