Standing my ground
Hello everyone! I recently wrote an article that I'm waiting to get published all about standing my ground. I've gotten better at boundaries (even though I feel the guilt sometimes which I hate because I have help myself) and my tips were to: know that I'm not being mean by standing my ground, it's self love after abandoning myself for so long, conquer your fears (big or small!) so you can get confident (it’s a slow work in progress and that's okay, you got this!) and knowing that when you set a boundary, cut people off, or get better at confidence, you will feel grief and sadness and that's normal!!!
All this to say, have you ever had to set a boundary or gotten to a place where you were tired of being small and scared, hiding in the corner like me? Do you have any tips on confidence and/or boundaries that you would like to share?
As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to slowly start speaking up and speaking out about what I need and what I want. I’ve always had people (doctors and therapists) tell me what I need, like for example, my footplates on, and they cause me discomfort so I finally just had to put my foot down and say that I don’t want to use them and they hurt more than help me. I don’t know how well recieved it was but it felt good knowing I did what was best for me and my body. That was a building block in setting some boundaries for me. -Jennifer Contributor
