Dr. John Delony

I love your word intentional.

Let's try to use the word want instead of need.

Let's go down that rabbit hole.

Thanks for the call, sister.

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A woman asks how to set boundaries with family when it feels like self-abandonment.

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If you feel like you're the one holding everything together in everyone's life while you're slowly falling apart, I want you to hear me for a second.

You can keep thinking that you don't have time to take care of yourself and that you're anxious and you feel stuck and you're overwhelmed and that's just the way things are going to be.

And all the time you keep saying, I just have to take care of everybody else.

I'm going to get to me later.

Listen, that works for a while until it doesn't.

Talking with a licensed therapist gives you a place to slow down, get honest, and sort through what's actually yours to carry and what isn't, even if you don't have all the right words.

BetterHelp is an online therapy platform that matches you with a licensed therapist based on your goals and your preferences.

You can message your therapist and schedule sessions through the platform, and if the first therapist isn't the right fit, you can switch at any time for no additional cost.

When you start putting words to your thoughts with a trained guide, you feel more grounded, more connected, you know what the next right thing to do is, and you become more hopeful.

You're not weak for wanting help.

You're wise for choosing to talk to someone.

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