Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson
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Yes. When you go back into your parents' home, I'm sorry, you've just stepped into a time machine. Okay, and you're going back to your childhood self whether you want to or not. So we have to be aware of that susceptibility, that vulnerability, and create for ourselves a set of boundaries or circumstances that we are willing to engage in because we know we can stay in touch with ourselves.
Yes. When you go back into your parents' home, I'm sorry, you've just stepped into a time machine. Okay, and you're going back to your childhood self whether you want to or not. So we have to be aware of that susceptibility, that vulnerability, and create for ourselves a set of boundaries or circumstances that we are willing to engage in because we know we can stay in touch with ourselves.
I'm a big advocate for journaling. Now that's, you know, an introverted solution.
I'm a big advocate for journaling. Now that's, you know, an introverted solution.
I'm a big advocate for journaling. Now that's, you know, an introverted solution.
What do I wish I hadn't done today?
What do I wish I hadn't done today?
What do I wish I hadn't done today?
Yeah, what do I wish I... If I had a do-over, what would I change? Now, you don't have to know what the preferable behavior is yet, okay? Because not all of us know what that is. But we do have a little thing, a little bell that rings inside when we do or say something to someone that we love that really matters to us that is off or wrong or hurtful to that person. That is there.
Yeah, what do I wish I... If I had a do-over, what would I change? Now, you don't have to know what the preferable behavior is yet, okay? Because not all of us know what that is. But we do have a little thing, a little bell that rings inside when we do or say something to someone that we love that really matters to us that is off or wrong or hurtful to that person. That is there.
Yeah, what do I wish I... If I had a do-over, what would I change? Now, you don't have to know what the preferable behavior is yet, okay? Because not all of us know what that is. But we do have a little thing, a little bell that rings inside when we do or say something to someone that we love that really matters to us that is off or wrong or hurtful to that person. That is there.
So if we ask ourselves that simple question, what do I wish I hadn't done today? And then we think about what could I do next that would make that slightly better? Not fix it, not erase it, just what would be the next best thing to do given that I did that? What are my options? That's the royal road to profound change right there.
So if we ask ourselves that simple question, what do I wish I hadn't done today? And then we think about what could I do next that would make that slightly better? Not fix it, not erase it, just what would be the next best thing to do given that I did that? What are my options? That's the royal road to profound change right there.
So if we ask ourselves that simple question, what do I wish I hadn't done today? And then we think about what could I do next that would make that slightly better? Not fix it, not erase it, just what would be the next best thing to do given that I did that? What are my options? That's the royal road to profound change right there.
It would be that you matter, that other people are not more important than you. It would be that other people can affect you emotionally, whether you want them to or not. That's very important to know because people, especially with emotionally immature parents, get down on themselves because there's been this thing promoted that other people can't make you feel things. Well, they certainly can't.
It would be that you matter, that other people are not more important than you. It would be that other people can affect you emotionally, whether you want them to or not. That's very important to know because people, especially with emotionally immature parents, get down on themselves because there's been this thing promoted that other people can't make you feel things. Well, they certainly can't.
It would be that you matter, that other people are not more important than you. It would be that other people can affect you emotionally, whether you want them to or not. That's very important to know because people, especially with emotionally immature parents, get down on themselves because there's been this thing promoted that other people can't make you feel things. Well, they certainly can't.
I mean, we are designed to be emotionally affected by other people. That's what's put us at the top of the food chain. We can read and get messages from other people like that. So we don't get a choice about whether or not something's going to affect us. It will affect us. What we get a choice about is how we're going to respond to that or
I mean, we are designed to be emotionally affected by other people. That's what's put us at the top of the food chain. We can read and get messages from other people like that. So we don't get a choice about whether or not something's going to affect us. It will affect us. What we get a choice about is how we're going to respond to that or
I mean, we are designed to be emotionally affected by other people. That's what's put us at the top of the food chain. We can read and get messages from other people like that. So we don't get a choice about whether or not something's going to affect us. It will affect us. What we get a choice about is how we're going to respond to that or