The ASSertive Podcast

Happy Holidays!!! Our emotions often feel overwhelming and we either find ourselves consumed by them or avoiding them at all cost. In this bonus episode we break down the 6 core emotions and share with you the data these emotions provide you. 

We finish the season with a post where a wife explodes at her husband as we review how to manage mental loads and the importance boundaries play in self-care. 

We review a post when the oldest child gets tired of being taking care of everyone and moves out and we explore entitlement and parentified children.

A couple's explosive argument leads to a discussion on emotional reasoning, over reliance on logic and conflict resolution. 

There's more sibling drama in this episode as we explore self-efficacy and further discuss financial boundaries and enabling. 

We explore inappropriate and appropriate guilt as well as the difference between enabling, creating conflict, and accountability while reviewing a post where a mom processes guilt experienced while coparenting. 

We tackle the differences between our personal and professional opinions as we distinguish the differences between compromising and people pleasing.

In this episode, we explore how to handle resistance and review a post where a father and daughter get into a power struggle. 

We explore what happens when we have unspoken expectations, don't clarify our boundaries, and mix business and family while we share a post where sibling cooperation turns to war. 

In this episode, we explore what happens when secrets are exposed under the guise of setting boundaries while we try to figure out if this is boundary setting or personal bias.