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Are Your Expectations Helping or Hurting Your Relationships?: Understanding the Role of Expectations, Needs, and Standards in Building Healthy Relationships

Communicating Needs, Expectation Vs Reality, Expectations In Relationships, healthy boundaries, Healthy Expectations, Healthy Standards, Idealized Love, Love And Illusions, Managing Expectations, Meeting Your Own Needs, Relationships, Self Reflection, Understanding Yourself, Unrealistic Expectations, Wants Vs Needs
I grew up in a home where birthdays and holidays weren’t a big deal. We would generally have small birthday gatherings with family. However, I can remember one specific birthday when I convinced my parents to invite a ton of girls from my grade over for a slumber party. It was a lot, with one girl going to the ER after she cut her hand…
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What’s Going to Happen?: Acknowledging and Managing Election Anxiety

election anxiety, election season, elections and mental health, healthy boundaries, media overload, mindful media, self care tips, stay balanced, stay grounded, stress management
During the last big election cycle, I spent time with my friends and their parents (perhaps the loveliest parents of adults I’ve met). We talked about the upcoming election and the stress we were feeling, and I asked if they had felt similarly during elections when they were younger and had young children. I had often wondered about this as a middle-aged adult. Was this…
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