Posts Tagged ‘boundaries’
We Don’t Need No Expectations
“Hey! Anxiety! Leave my brain alone!…” Alright, alright. Anyway. Expectations are tricky. On one hand, it’s important to have standards and boundaries. Not just important, but necessary. It turns out that standards and boundaries aren’t at all the same thing as expectations, though. I used to drive myself crazy playing out entire conversations in my…
Read MoreGuest Post: My Daughter Is a Drug Addict
This is a guest post from my husband. It’s been a rough year, and he wanted to write and share this. Beyond some simple formatting, I didn’t edit it. This is his story, not mine, to tell. Currently, his daughter is clean and in recovery. We continue to take life one day at a time.…
Read More9 Tips for Surviving and Thriving In a High-Conflict Custody Battle
Custody battles are the worst. When my ex-husband and I separated in January 2014, the divorce wasn’t final until January 2015. That meant an entire year of accusations, fear, anxiety, you get the picture. During that year, we had agreed to 50/50 legal and physical custody (every other week). At the final divorce hearing, we…
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