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Tamara Dawn September 5, 2022September 5, 2022advice, conflict, freedom, friendships, growth mindset, healing, hopeful, introspection, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityboundaries, establishing boundaries, healthy boundaries, interpersonal skills, relationship dynamics, relationships

How are they supposed to know…

Boundary… Noun… Something that indicates bounds or limits… Something that indicates the farthest limit… Something that communicates how far you are willing to go… Something that communicates what you are willing or not willing to tolerate… Now that I have done a ton of work to heal… Because trust me when I say this has not always been easy for me… But now that I have done a ton of work healing and trying to have healthier interpersonal skills and … Continue reading “How are they supposed to know…”

Tamara Dawn June 13, 2022June 12, 2022advice, conflict, friendships, growth mindset, journal, leadership, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityestablish boundaries, healthy boundaries, loyal to a fault, mutually beneficial, relationships

Remove yourself…

“When someone shows you who they are… believe them…” I have heard that saying said so many times throughout the years… And while I generally try to be the type of person who believes the best about people… I can admit that it has been extremely problematic when I have ignored someone’s toxic behavior and believed the best about them instead of believing who they were showing me that they were… “People only do what you allow them to do…” … Continue reading “Remove yourself…”

Tamara Dawn November 15, 2020April 17, 2021friendships, journal, reflection, relationships, transparency, Uncategorizedbond, friendship, healthy boundaries, seasonal people, trauma, trauma bond 2 Comments

The tragedy of Trauma Bonds

Though I’m not usually one who ever tries to speak on behalf of anyone, I think that we can agree that most, if not all of us, have this desire to be seen, heard, or understood. This is something that I have been reflecting on a lot lately as I’ve examined the way that I’ve built friendships over the past decade and a half of my adulthood. Things are so weird right now… I can’t pinpoint the exact moment in … Continue reading “The tragedy of Trauma Bonds”