For a long time, I believed boundaries created distance in relationships. I thought saying “no” would make love colder. Less patient. Less safe. What I didn’t understand back then was this: it wasn’t boundaries creating distance — it was my constant self-adjustment. I didn’t learn boundaries from a book or a workshop on healthy relationships. I learned them quietly, by watching my husband practice them in everyday life. He didn’t over-explain himself. He didn’t feel guilty f

Love is supposed to expand you — not shrink you. But for many women who love deeply, love slowly becomes a place where they start disappearing. Not all at once. Not dramatically. But in tiny, silent ways that feel “normal”… until it hurts. If you’ve ever wondered, “Why things does not feel right even though nothing is wrong as such?  — this is for you. Below are the signs you may be forgetting yourself  in the name of love. 1. You adjust first… even when nobody asked you to B

Most of us are taught early that laziness is a flaw. A sign of weakness. A lack of ambition. I grew up in an environment where rest was seen almost as a moral failure. If someone napped in the afternoon, there would be comments — subtle judgments that said, you should be doing something. The unspoken rule was: someone else is always doing better than you. So I learned to move, perform, and prove. Resting made me feel guilty. Slowing down felt unsafe. For years, I believed bei