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Scenario

When setting healthy boundaries makes you the family outsider

My brother struggles with addiction and my parents enable him and I have set boundaries but now family gatherings are tense and I feel like the bad guy for protecting myself.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Self-preservation sometimes requires stepping outside dysfunctional family systems that punish health.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging and identity — who belongs here?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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