CLEANING UP THE MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Relationships can be challenging at the best of times, but what do you do when you are stuck in self-quarantine with a difficult person? How do you set boundaries and deal with challenging roommates, partners or family members? In this podcast, I talk about what we can do if it is not safe to go outdoors or stay inside, how to set firm boundaries during this period of self-quarantine and how to navigate difficult relationships with relationship therapist and clinical social worker Nedra Tawwab. 

 

Podcast Time Stamps

1:50 Why Nedra loves helps helping people create healthy relationships

2:32 What happens if there is a toxic environment at home?

3:50 If you are uncomfortable at home, set boundaries! 

5:33 What do you do if your relationship was in trouble before the crisis? 

7:00 How to handle emotional or verbal abuse?

10:55 Triggers are indicators that boundaries need to be put in place. 

15:18 What if the people you live with don’t respect boundaries?

16:52 Living with someone who doesn’t respect the quarantine

19:26 What if your home is not safe?

20:35 What if you feel isolated and lonely?

23:39 Advice for parents at home

27:05 What to do if you are feeling hopeless or depressed?

31:05 Harry, Meghan and finding freedom from your family 

 

Read the podcast blog and transcript here:https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/what-to-do-when-neither-outside-or-inside-the-home-is-safe-during-the-covid-19-crisis-span-tips-on-setting-boundaries-during-quarantine-and-how-to-navigate-difficult-relationships-with-therapist-nedra-tawwab-span

 

 

For more info on Nedra visit her website here: www.nedratawwab.com

And follow her on instagram here: @nedratawwab

 

 

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