(To know what boundaries are and why they’re important, check out my previous post!) Before I begin, I want to acknowledge something: setting boundaries is HARD. There are many things standing between you and healthy boundaries! Friends and family want you to be available when they need you, a significant other gets antsy when you fail to pick up a call, your boss piles up ever more work on your plate and you can’t say no because “no one is indispensable” … And even if you wa

Empathy The word has become a buzzword. Everyone knows it exists and lots of people use it as a weapon against other people who’ve been rude (or sometimes even firm) to them. “Show some empathy!” is now a catchphrase, sometimes used even when the person really means, “Be nice!” But what is empathy, really? Is it an all-encompassing trait that means being nice all the time to everyone? Well, no. But it took me a while to learn what empathy actually means. I’m still learning. B