Alison Papion, LMFT

If the thought of setting a boundary makes your stomach drop — you're not broken, and you're not alone. For so many of us, boundaries don't feel like self-care. They feel like danger. There's a reason for that, and it has nothing to do with your character. We Were Taught Not to Make Other People Feel Badly Most of us didn't grow up learning that our needs were valid simply because they were ours. Instead, many of us learned — explicitly or through example — that keeping the peace meant...