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October 29, 2025 - Parenting After 18: How to Set Boundaries and Still Stay Close
Let go of what no longer serves you, so you can embrace healing, freedom, and the fullness of life unfolding now.
Daily Motivation
October 29, 2025
TODAY'S MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE
Just for you, Friend
Release everything from the past that’s holding you back from embracing healing and freedom. Letting go of what feels like a part of who you are can be incredibly difficult… Continue Reading
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Parenting After 18: How to Set Boundaries and Still Stay Close
Parenting doesn’t really stop when your kids turn eighteen. It just changes shape.
One day you’re packing lunches and checking curfews, and the next, you’re wondering if it’s okay to say no when your grown child asks for money… again. Or maybe they still lean on you for emotional support in ways that leave you feeling drained. You love them more than anything, but lately, that love feels a little heavy.
It’s a strange tension, isn’t it? You want to be there for them, but you also crave some more breathing room… time to focus on you without feeling guilty about it. Somewhere along the way, taking care of yourself started to feel like abandoning them.
But what if it’s actually the opposite?
Setting boundaries with your adult kids isn’t about closing your heart. It’s about keeping your energy, peace, and sense of self intact, so the love…
This Week’s Mental Health Recipe
Dive Into This Comforting Creamy Mushroom & Thyme Pasta
Pasta night just got a mental health upgrade.
Mushrooms deliver brain-boosting compounds, thyme brings its stress-soothing aroma, and cream ties it all together in a hug-you-can-eat. It’s hearty, it’s grounding, and it’s proof that comfort food can also be soul food.
And lately, I’ve been craving creamy mushrooms! As such, this recipe couldn’t be a better fit.
So, if you’re wondering how to make your next pasta night unique, but nutritious, and how this particular recipe may support your mental health, keep reading…
One Positive Action
End the Validation Loop
Something happens that leaves you unsure. Before you’ve even processed it, you’re already texting friends, posting in a group chat, or scrolling online to see what other people would do. You collect opinions like evidence, hoping someone will tell you you’re right, or at least make the discomfort go away.
We’ve gotten used to outsourcing our confidence. Whenever uncertainty or conflict shows up, we rush to gather external validation instead of trusting our own perspective. But all that input doesn’t bring clarity, it creates noise. Everyone’s advice is filtered through their own experiences, values, and insecurities. The more voices you invite in, the harder it becomes to hear your own. Over time, you start doubting your instincts and looking outward for answers that were never meant to come from anyone else.
There’s nothing wrong with asking for perspective, but there’s a difference between seeking clarity and seeking permission. The validation loop feels safe because it delays discomfort, yet the longer you rely on it, the more disconnected you become from your own intuition. Confidence isn’t built by collecting enough opinions to feel certain. It’s built by learning to tolerate uncertainty long enough to make choices from within yourself.
The next time you feel that pull to ask for advice, pause for 24 hours. Sit with the question before you share it. Write down what you actually think and what you’re afraid might happen if you trust your own decision. After a day, check in with yourself again. You might find you already know what to do, you just needed quiet long enough to hear it.
Today’s Quote
Today's Affirmations
I consistently attract positive outcomes in my life.
I am willing to take on new experiences.
Good things follow me everywhere I go… Continue Reading
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