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When Distance Doesn't End Your Role as Family Mediator

I moved across the country to get away from my toxic family dynamics but my sister keeps calling me to referee fights between my parents and I feel guilty for not helping but also exhausted by their drama.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical boundaries must be reinforced with emotional ones, or the same patterns will follow across any distance.

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