Something that we can lose sight of is our ability to craft our own narratives. A major belief that I have is that even if something is the worst ever, there is value in surviving it. I believe that once we have survived a horrible experience, we can choose to find value in surviving. I…

There are 2 pieces of advice that almost every blog post about toxic family members gives, which I am also guilty of giving, and that is to set good boundaries and cut ties. I’m not going to give either of those pieces of advice this time around because they are not the only choices. Boundaries…

I’ve written in the past about how to tell if someone is toxic, and I think toxicity is so complex that is bares writing about again. One of the things I find most interesting about family and toxicity is that it is not always a fixed state. I am the last of 14 children, and…