How To Survive With Family - The #1 Thing Most People Don't Do

Have you ever loved someone in your family so much, yet felt them getting on your last nerve with their behaviors. You find yourself bending and trying to be accommodating, but to what extent. You eventually find yourself feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and caught in the mess of increasing internal conflicts of what you should and shouldn't say.

What would happen if you never did share what you wanted to say? Would things change? How long are you going to be stuck in this pattern? Whose responsibility is it to make the changes? 

Well if you've felt let down or frustrated with your family, especially being in this moment of time where there is increased time with family. You are not alone. 

Personal Boundaries are mostly learned through social learning from those who are modeling it to us. We don't know that our communication needs improvement until we gauge our feelings around our relationships. If you are the person who is constantly being used as the doormat, then you communication and reinforcement of your boundaries need practice and repetition. If you are the person who is stubborn and constantly turning people off from being around you, then your practice is to loosen up those walls and boundaries you have around you and start trusting. 

When our relationships are thriving, we are experiencing a time in our life when we have repetitively trained others around us how to behave. We have covertly told them that this is what I will tolerate and this is not. Of course, we can't control other people's behaviors, but we can develop the personal responsibility to say what it is we want and reinforce it when it has been crossed.

At the end of the day, personal boundary setting is about protecting the wellness of ourselves. We can't significantly help others, if we can't help ourselves first. 

In this video, I share with you how to Survive with family. You'll learn not only how to survive, but how to THRIVE with family. Interestingly enough, most people don't do this and fall into four categories of Boundary Setting. Watch to see where you fall. Imagine what it would feel like to have your family relationships thriving again. Imagine how much closer you would feel with those you love. There is much to learn in this Warrior Living TV episode.