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In this blog series, I introduce holiday family anxiety, how it relates to childhood emotional neglect, and how boundaries with family can start creating change. The post below will conclude this series by highlighting the benefits of holiday boundaries, not just for clients personally but also for their families. Clients create boundaries with their families…

In the previous posts from this blog series, I introduce the concept of holiday family anxiety as it correlates to childhood emotional neglect. Maintaining family connections with unresolved childhood emotional neglect is exhausting and takes enormous energy. It’s like running a marathon every day. In families with unhealthy dynamics, the demands on children will continue…

Most of my clients would like family holidays to be different and more on their terms. In the previous blog, I explain how my clients’ families have high expectations of their time and attention. However, when given, there’s no reward of family fun and connection—instead, my clients end the holidays with exhaustion and hurt. One…

For my clients, the holidays bring on additional anxiety, starting long before any event occurs as they prepare for time with family. They worry about meeting family expectations and get stuck in overwork and perfectionism. This stress quickly leads to burnout.  Being around their family is exhausting as they spend gatherings overwhelmed by pretending they…