The Body Is A Trailhead by Lissa Rankin, MD

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Doing The "YOU-Turn"
Excerpt from RELATIONSICK (To Be Published Spring 2026)
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The Promise of Boundaries 1.0
In prior posts, we spelled out the “how” of Boundaries 1.0. While Boundaries 1.0 lacks the fully shared power of the more relational Boundaries 2.0 that…
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Do You Feel Like You Wind Up Parenting Your Partner, Who Then Resents Being Infantalized?
How "The Parent Trap" Creates The Opposite Of Healthy Intimacy
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Set Boundaries- But Don’t Use Your "Boundaries" To Control Someone Else
Excerpt from THE BOUNDARIES HANDBOOK
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Don't Do The "Doormat-To-Diva" Switch
How To Empathize With How Your Boundaries Impact Others, Without Collapsing the Boundaries
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Know Your Wounded Boundary Hooks & Become “Slippery”
How To Be Less Vulnerable To Getting Manipulated By Boundary Wounded People
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Examples Of Healthy Boundaries In Real Life
Excerpt From The Boundaries Handbook
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The "How" Of Basic Boundaries 1.0
Communicating What's Okay & Not Okay In A Non-Violent Way
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Common Ways Boundary-Wounded People Pair Up- Part II
In Common Ways Boundary-Wounded People Pair Up- Part I, we talked about the four kinds of boundary-wounded parts- compliant, controller, nonresponsive…
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Common Ways Boundary Wounded People Pair Up- Part 1
In a former post, I reviewed How To Spot A Boundary Wounded Person. You might recognize some of these behaviors from others in your life, or you might…
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An Internal Family Systems Lens On Wounded Boundaries
A Basic Review of the IFS Model
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Four Common Ways We Hurt Ourselves & Others With Boundary Wounded "Parts"
An IFS-Informed Lens On Healing Wounded Boundaries
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