Friday Fragments
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Explore "Friday Fragments" and special newsletter series featuring grounded insights, honest stories, and practical tools to help you stop abandoning yourself and create real internal safety.
photo credit: Peter Law This is part of The Hidden Mechanics of Boundaries, a limited series about what happens under the surface before, during, and after a boundary. Before I had boundaries, I could spend an enormous amount of time preparing for a conversation that hadn’t even happened yet. I’d think through every objection the…
Issue 189, October 16, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Before recovery, I frequently said yes when I really wanted to say no. I thought I was being nice, kind, and thoughtful. I didn’t understand how much of my behavior was organized around getting other people’s approval, or how often I left myself…
photo credit: Vitaly Gariev This is part of The Hidden Mechanics of Boundaries, a limited series about what happens under the surface before, during, and after a boundary. For a long time, I thought I was just a nice, kind, thoughtful, helpful person. I gave a lot. I helped people solve their problems. I tried…
Issue 188, October 9, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ If someone asks you for a favor, and you hear yourself agreeing before you’ve considered what it’ll take, this article is for you. Or if someone sounds disappointed, and you’re already explaining, apologizing, or changing your plans, this is also for you. And…
photo credit: Look Studio This is part of The Hidden Mechanics of Boundaries, a limited series about what happens under the surface before, during, and after a boundary. You’ve told someone you can’t do what they’re asking. Your answer is clear, and you’ve given them the information they need. But then there’s a pause. Maybe…
Issue 187, October 2, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Let’s say someone asks where you’d like to go for dinner, and you immediately start thinking about what everyone else would enjoy. You know who likes which restaurant, who won’t want to drive very far, and who might complain about the menu. By…
photo credit: Curated Lifestyle This is part of The Hidden Mechanics of Boundaries, a limited series about what happens under the surface before, during, and after a boundary. When someone you love is upset, something inside you shifts. Perhaps your partner’s disappointed that you’ve made plans without them. Or maybe a family member’s overwhelmed and…
Issue 124, June 20, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Recovery Is About Learning That You Have Choices Recovery, at its core, is about reclaiming the ability to choose. If you think about it, addiction and compulsion are the opposite of choice. So when we begin the recovery journey, we’re moving toward choice,…
Issue 186, September 25, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ See if this sounds familiar: you finish a meeting knowing you were prepared. You answered the questions, contributed something useful, and followed through on what you’d promised. But your boss seemed a little distracted when you spoke, and now that’s the part you…
image credit: Chat GPT This is part of The Hidden Mechanics of Boundaries, a limited series about what happens under the surface before, during, and after a boundary. Someone asks whether you can help with something. You’re already tired. Your calendar is full, you have priorities of your own, and you may even feel your…