Setting Boundaries with Crazymaking Family Members; 4 Steps
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
Lisa A. Romano
4.8 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Are you struggling to set healthy boundaries with family members who constantly push your buttons and leave you feeling drained? If so, you're not alone. In this podcast episode, Lisa A. Romano will explore practical strategies for setting boundaries with "crazymaking" family members who may be toxic, intrusive, or disrespectful.
Lisa will discuss the importance of identifying problematic behaviors, communicating your boundaries clearly and assertively and sticking to your boundaries even when it's difficult. We'll also explore how abandonment trauma and codependency can make it challenging to set boundaries and offer tips for healing and reclaiming your self-worth.
Whether you're dealing with a narcissistic parent, a manipulative sibling, or any other type of crazymaking family member, this video will provide you with the tools and insights you need to set healthy boundaries and protect your well-being. So if you're ready to break free from toxic family dynamics and reclaim your power, be sure to tune in today.
Are you ready to set boundaries like a boss? If so, Lisa A. Romano has created a one hour mp3 and a downloadable Boundary Building Workbook that you can access here;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | My name is Lisa A. Romano. |
| 0:08.0 | I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse. |
| 0:16.0 | I am a believer in the power of an organized mind. |
| 0:20.0 | My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather |
| 0:25.8 | than living a reactive life. |
| 0:28.3 | May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you |
| 0:33.5 | spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | So today we're talking about how to set boundaries with people that you love and why it's so |
| 0:42.7 | difficult for some of us who have grown up with childhood trauma to set a boundary. |
| 0:47.1 | When we're talking about a boundary, we're talking about the ability to know what is right |
| 0:51.4 | for us and what is wrong for us. |
| 0:53.3 | This is screwy for those of us who have |
| 0:55.4 | grown up in a dysfunctional home. Why? Because we haven't been taught that what we think and what we |
| 1:00.9 | feel are valid. We've been conditioned throughout childhood to suppress our emotions and even to repress |
| 1:07.9 | our emotions. So repression is more a subconscious process where suppression is, |
| 1:14.0 | I feel something, I see something, I go, no, I'm not going to think about that. I'm not |
| 1:18.3 | dealing with that right now. Or my husband comes home and he smells like alcohol and he was |
| 1:25.0 | supposed to be at an AA meeting and I don't acknowledge it. I suppress the |
| 1:30.8 | fear that I feel. This is very common for those of us who grow up feeling like what we think |
| 1:36.5 | and what we feel is not important. It's even stupid. It's irrelevant. And we feel guilty for |
| 1:44.0 | noticing what we notice. If you come from a dysfunctional |
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