Category Detaching

Do You Have Pests in Your Life?

June 9, 2020 · by · in boundary setting, Detaching, dysfunctional family, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, How to persevere, Living Learning Loving, nasty people, overcoming hurtful relationship · Leave a comment

We all have them, those people who drive you nuts like a mosquito. Or perhaps worse like a poisonous snake. Either way there is no escaping this life without having to deal with pests.

The Dysfunctional Family

March 5, 2020 · by · in boundaries are not walls to keep people out, Detaching, Gail Cawley Showalter, Mental Health, Setting Boundaries, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions.

You Can’t Change Others

September 23, 2019 · by · in accepting others, boundaries are not walls to keep people out, Detaching, dysfunctional family, Gail Cawley Showalter, overcoming hurtful relationship, relationships, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · 2 Comments

Try as you will, you can’t change another person. We say we know this to be true and yet we continue to try. I know I do

What is Detachment?

May 4, 2018 · by · in boundaries are not walls to keep people out, boundary setting, Detaching, Gail Cawley Showalter, Setting Boundaries, Single Mothers · 1 Comment

Detachment never takes away anything beneficial; only the harmful. – Vernon Howard