About this episode

This episode explores assertiveness for highly sensitive persons, focusing on setting boundaries and addressing past experiences with difficult parents.

Part three of our assertiveness series, and we're breaking down the Goldilocks of it all. Walk through a scenario with me about difficult parents and boundaries that protect your HSP nervous system the way no one protected you growing up. When your inner child looks up thinking 'you just did what Dad never learned,' that's the bliss I didn't know this work would bring. Passivity is too little, aggression too much, passive-aggressive somehow both at once. No wonder we can't tell when we're being honest or dysfunctional. RESOURCES: WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1 30 DAYS TO PEACE COURSE PATREON COMMUNITY THE BOUNDARIES COURSE BOOK CLUB NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SIGNUP THE PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK BRAIN FM: CODE: emotionalbadass for 20% off your membership FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram Facebook TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Nikki Eisenhauer

Topics covered

• assertiveness
• highly sensitive persons
• boundaries
• inner child work
• mental health

Keywords

• assertiveness
• HSP
• boundaries
• inner child
• mental health
• passivity
• aggression

Sponsors

BRAIN FM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Narcissist Abuse Recovery Workshop, 30 Days to Peace Course, The Boundaries Course, The PatternsCapes Wellness Deck, Book Club, Weekly Newsletter

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