Stop forgiving people that clearly keep repeating the same pattern of mistakes. They know exactly what they're doing, if they continuously do it. It is a habit for them and if you keep forgiving them, you are enabling the behavior and you're not encouraging them to change it. (Keep in mind we cannot change people, but we can encourage them to change their behaviors). Understand your boundaries and teach others to respect it.

How do you view the world around you? Do you view things with complete optimism or pessimism or a bit of both? In my family dynamic, I am the more optimistic thinker. I tend to view things with a positive light, seeing opportunity before anything else. In complete contrast, my husband and teenage daughter are both pessimistic thinkers. They will see all the things that could go wrong before they see opportunity. Now before I start calling their views negative, I tend to tak

Have you ever felt triggered to react in response to something someone said or did? Did it put you in a position of it boiling up inside you because you felt like it just had to come out? Did you even give yourself time to think about what might occur after or if you would actually feel better after releasing that frustration? Take it from me, I understand where you're coming from, because I've been there. And it doesn't usually get better, especially when you are up against