Adult Bullying Part 2

Many of us give other people a lot of power- too much power- over our mood and choices. It’s something I see all the time in my work, as well as in my personal life. How so many of us allow someone else’s grumpy mood, poor choices, baseless assumptions, amongst other things, take hold and impact how we feel- sometimes even shaking our confidence at a core level.
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This week I’m focusing on adult bullying. Bullying is a bit clearer with a pattern of behavior that is targeted at an individual.
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Sometimes someone’s behaviors don’t quite rise to the level of a “bully”- but can be inappropriate and hurtful nonetheless. And- we can practice this idea of not allowing too much influence of one person to another- even with these less egregious offenses. Sometimes these small things can impact our mood in a big way, too.
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Times like when your boyfriend says something unskillful in an argument (which he later apologized for), or someone on the internet didn’t like a post you made. Times when you feel taken for granted or not acknowledged. It’s times like these too when we want to remind ourselves to stand in our power and not let someone else hold that much control over my state of mind.
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In either example-extreme behavior, or smaller infringements, we can set an EMOTIONAL BOUNDARY by choosing to recenter in ourselves, in our bodies, and our truths, so as not to be unduly brought down or influenced by another humans choices.
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Remember- we are all *just* people. All of us. No one holds any more power over you than anyone else- not unless you let them. Certainly no one holds any more power over you than YOURSELF.
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You got this.
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You’ve got this.
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We’ve got this.
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We humans are SO STRONG.
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Sending lots of love!
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Leah 💗