Before bed, a friend of mine was sharing some drama about their daughter’s mom and I didn’t like where it was going. I spoke about forgiveness and the consequences of holding onto resentment and malice. They said it was too late for that and tried to call me. I just flipped my phone over and took some conscious deep breaths instead of answering the call. This was an automatic intuitive decision.
I felt perfectly fine with leaving that conversation without any further explanation.
I used to people please to avoid discomfort of following through on my boundaries. It can be hard when boundaries are blurred though. I’ve learned through a lot of personal development what my boundaries really are.
I noticed how I took purposeful pauses and listened more than responded, before the conversation was steering in an undesirable direction. I dropped into my body with less analysis in the mind.
I love that inner voice, the intuitive sense that is becoming much more powerful. 