Build Boundaries Not Walls: Navigating vulnerability and fear in the search for connection
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Build Boundaries Not Walls: Navigating vulnerability and fear in the search for connection

We all need boundaries. They help us develop and sustain healthy, reciprocal relationships. Without boundaries, we're easily harmed, drained, and may become resentful or fearful in relationships. Fear of being hurt may lead us to build walls. But walls isolate, and prevent us from developing meaningful connections. When we cultivate self-awareness, we can better identify and assert boundaries so that we can be vulnerable enough to connect, but confident enough to protect our physical and emotional integrity.

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The link between self-care, self-love and community resilience
Mental Health, Health at Home Kristen Mark Mental Health, Health at Home Kristen Mark

The link between self-care, self-love and community resilience

Self-care is crucial not only to our own survival, but the survival of our families, our communities, and society at large. We need to carve out space to be with ourselves, to be self-aware, self-reflective, and self-nourishing. In short, we need to give ourselves love. Love for ourselves gives us the ability to meaningfully share space with others, to care for those in need, and to meet the challenges of each day with resilience. It will allow us to learn, grow and thrive.

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