You have never really questioned the voice that tells you that you constantly need to up your game, to do more, be more, have more. You have told yourself that you just have high standards and are "goal-oriented".

We learn how to function in relationships and in society by modeling our parents. My parents never talked about emotions and it was not the most healthy relationship. It was a very old school, the man works and the wife stays at home and takes care of the kids.

Boundaries are the foundation for pretty much everything. Work… boundaries. Marriage…. Boundaries, kids… boundaries… toxic parent…. Boundaries. Boundaries are the instruction manual of how to be a partner with you. Setting boundaries around our values or when something feels wrong in our gut will allow you the time you need for yourself.

Our emotions are not just to help us interpret our relationships and reactions to others. And if you’re having trouble sleeping it doesn’t mean you should file for divorce. But our emotions can tell us when we are not living our best lives

I feel like talking about being unhappy or feeling lost is dirty and not appropriate. I think everyone loses themselves sometimes, even multiples times and I think it is just a sign that there is a better updated version of you waiting.

Is it possible that our daily and weekly schedules stand in the way of our more significant desires? Are we missing the point in all of our strivings to be good parents and 'do' all the right things?

A big part of giving our teens permission to be themselves is to RESPECT your teen's right to their own feelings.

As parents, we can take steps to become our teens' vault', their safe space, where their thoughts, feelings, opinions, and emotions are safeguarded.

ou may ask yourself, "Why won't my teen talk to me?" Are you frustrated with competing with the device in their hand? Are they closed off to you? Standoffish

You have to take small steps every day. You cannot expect to do inner child work one time and then be an expert at articulating and coping with your emotions. Remember that practice leads to mastery. Here are the steps you need to be aware of to see progress when it comes to healing emotional neglect and mastering emotional intelligence.

If you want to change that emotional mess you get caught up in and actually want to be able to process your emotions and other people's feelings, then working with your childhood emotional wound is the best place to start.

You might still be struggling with the leftovers of your emotional neglect during childhood.

You might be used to not understanding what you actually feel, and you keep struggling to understand any other type of feeling.