Bold, Strong, & Free

Tag: boundaries

  • The Necessity of No

    Saying no is really difficult and really important, but sometimes it’s hard to know when to say no and when to just tough it out or deal with it. Calling all people-pleasers or conflict avoiders like me — this one’s for us. We don’t want to start an argument or let someone down, so we…

  • Intentional Friendship

    So you made a friend, now what? How do you keep a friend? Navigate the ups and downs of each stage of friendship. One thing that helped prepare me to write this post is to think about other relationships. Other relationships reveal things about yourself. Some stuff you are grateful to learn about and others……

  • Navigating Familial Bonds

    There’s a lot that could be said about family. Some of it is great, like how I have strong relationships with some of my family members. During the years when I had no friends to speak of, my close family members were my only friends and confidants. I truly don’t know how I would’ve gotten…

  • To 30 & Fearless

    I think sometimes I can be a fearful person. Not in the way of I won’t do something new or take a risk. I am willing to try new experience and try new foods. But in some areas, I let fear hold me back. I don’t like confrontations. In fact, I avoid them if I…

  • Heaping Burning Coals (and keeping boundaries)

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23    When I think of kindness, I usually think of the earthly definition, which is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. In that sense, it can sometimes be…