by Bettina | Jan 1, 2021 | Blog, Healthy Boundaries
And just because I’m a dominant doesn’t mean I will. We often hear the phrase, “I’m a submissive, but I’m not YOUR submissive,” and applaud the subs for standing up for their rights. Well, “I’m a dominant, but I’m...
by MissNookie | Oct 8, 2019 | Healthy Boundaries
Last night, I was at the slosh with a friend of mine. We were talking with someone I’d just met about all manner of random shit, and the topic of my writing came up. I mentioned that I’d written about this friend of mine. That I’d referred to him as...
by MissNookie | Sep 3, 2019 | Healthy Boundaries
Back in March, I wrote about healthy boundaries in emotional intimacy, and talked a bit about “too soft” boundaries and oversharing. I did not define oversharing—which led to some interesting conversations in the comments—because, to me, it’s a very...
by MissNookie | Aug 28, 2019 | Healthy Boundaries
Where do YOU end and where does another begin? Where does the state line of Healthy Boundaries meet it’s neighboring District of Codependency? For me, after a marriage of emotional abuse, getting sucked into someone else’s untreated mental illness, I tend...
by MissNookie | Aug 9, 2019 | Healthy Boundaries
While I was at COPE a couple a couple weeks back (I had an amazing time), I took a class from MasterSoAndSo (I can’t find him to link him on Fet, so I may have the spelling wrong) about communication. In that class, the idea of need versus needy came up for...
by MissNookie | Jul 23, 2019 | Healthy Boundaries
In 2015, I wrote this piece about No Regrets, and it’s recently come back up in conversation. @Lilianthorn mentioned self-image issues leading to regret, and I said that regret, to me, is more a boundary issue than a self-image issue, and she asked me to...