Sometimes, a family gets too close. Learn how to set boundaries and untangle yourself from enmeshed family relationships.
It's important to remember that telling people what we can and cannot handle is actually a way of showing them we care and love them.
If you want to own your role in the enmeshment and stop participating in these dynamics in adulthood, start here.
Whitney covers three different types of emotional incest from Dr. Patricia Love's book The Emotional Incest Syndrome.
Are you enmeshed or just close? Whitney walks you through 10 signs or symptoms of intense family enmeshment.
This checklist will help you become informed about how enmeshed your family is and how you would like to navigate some of those patterns.
Can your relationship function how you’d like with this influence from your partner’s family?
One of the biggest struggles for people from enmeshed families is balancing their new family (with a partner or children) and their family of origin.
It's not always about permanently severing ties, but about creating the space to develop a strong, independent identity outside of the family.
In enmeshed families, “no” can be difficult to say and hear.
Ways to describe how enmeshment feels to a friend or partner who is trying to help you work through this experience.
It's crucial to recognize that the concept of physical boundaries varies across cultures and family dynamics.