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My daughter in law controls everything, including my son, and my grandchildren. I am only allowed to see them on their birthdays, two times a year, and Christmas. They all involve presents.

@Catherine Hickem I feel like I have to be very frank in my communication. I have done a significant amount of work around this topic over a number of years, and while I appreciate no longer carrying the weight of comparisons, self-judgment, and blame etc, this shift did not positively impact my relationship with people who benefited from me staying small, absorbing shame and blame, and going with their program. It created significant animosity towards me. Would I still do the work? Absolutely, because I choose my hard every single day, and that weight caused me physical illness amongst other things. In my experience, if/when we broach these self-healing skills, I believe it’s most beneficial to do so without any expectations of changed behavior of others we’re “hoping to impact”. There are so many variables we have absolutely no control over.

Your input on topics for the live event in Boca Raton on June 13th and 14th. What issues would you like to see addressed?

Now that the first layer of communication has opened with my daughter and I , even thought it's been superficial. This past Sunday, she shared that she has been precepting a student who is studying to be a echo tech like herself. She said, Mom it makes me very anxious to do my work and teach her, it gets me off track. I listened . Told her I understood. Shared with her a recent experience I had with a new nurse I was precepting, and I got nervous too because we were busy.