Tag: #boundaries
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Daily Spark: Our Teachers
When I learn from every teacher — the inspiring ones and the difficult ones — I grow into who I’m meant to be.
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Daily Spark: The Spectator
Codependency and constant caretaking can make us spectators in our own lives. Reclaiming our own time, presence, and self‑attention helps us show up more fully and lovingly for others.
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Daily Spark: Rock the Boat!
When I stop abandoning myself in the name of peace and dare to rock the boat, I reclaim my power — and I shine.
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Daily Spark: Staying Out of the Well
When I stop jumping into other people’s wells and care for myself first, my compassion grows stronger — and I shine brighter.
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Daily Spark: Compassion with Edges
There’s a quote I love from Pema Chödrön that speaks right to caregiver tension: Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals.”
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Daily Spark: Happiness Found Me
The actress Meryl Streep said, “Happiness found me the day I stopped looking for it in others!”
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Space and Boundaries
“We do not lead others into the Light by stepping into the darkness with them.” Melody Beattie. Holding space for someone’s suffering is a loving act, while stepping into the dark with them can be codependent and lacking in boundaries.