Category: Boundaries

For a long time, I thought respect was something other people decided to give you. If you worked hard enough. If you were successful enough. […]

For a long time, I didn’t think much about emotional energy. I understood physical exhaustion. If I worked too many hours or skipped enough sleep, […]

There was a time in my life when I spent far too much energy trying to earn people’s attention. I’d be the first to send […]

There was a time when I thought having boundaries meant pushing people away. If someone needed my help, I felt obligated to say yes. If […]

For most of my life, I believed that saying yes made me a better man. Yes to helping. Yes to extra work. Yes to favors. […]