Hey everyone, Lindsay here. I wanted to let you know about a great podcast that I think you'll enjoy.

It's called Three in 30 and it's hosted by Rachel Mielsen. Each week you get a 30-minute podcast episode

with three doable takeaways to help moms love motherhood as much as they love their children.

Moms have a very tight schedule, so the 30-minute limit is the perfect bite-size amount to listen to.

For practical ideas to make your family life a little better each week,

click on the link in the episode description. The show is available wherever you get your podcasts.

And then what is your third takeaway for how we can build more of this emotional resilience?

Yeah, so we've held space, tip one, and then take away two, feel it to heal it.

The third one is kind of to protect your positive energy by creating healthy boundaries.

And we all know the importance of boundaries, but I think a lot of us don't know exactly what it means.

So I have this really clear cut definition that I want to share. So some people hear this and they

resist it, but everyone just feel into it and see what you think. My definition of a healthy boundary

is saying that I'm responsible for my thoughts, feelings, and actions, and not responsible for the

thoughts, feelings, and actions of another person. So many of us falsely believe that a healthy

boundary means we're going to demand that people respect us and they clean the house and they

don't get to say that or act like that. But that's really not it. A healthy boundary is you

changing your response to something that makes you uncomfortable or gives you an emotion you don't

love, such as when you say these words, honey, I'm going to shut the door and be separate from you

until you return to more positive words. Or when you fail to unload the dishwasher, well, I then

have to hire a housekeeper because I can't do everything in this house. What are you going to do?

Being responsible for your thoughts, feelings, and actions, and not trying to control or manipulate

someone else's thoughts, feelings, and actions. In the end, they're responsible for their thoughts,

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