Learning to Feel What We’ve Avoided
Joe DiRienzo Joe DiRienzo

Learning to Feel What We’ve Avoided

This work isn’t always neat or comfortable. Often, it’s just noticing what we haven’t been able to feel and making space for it, little by little.

Because the goal isn’t to feel better all the time.

It’s to better feel what’s true.

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Boundaries Are Meant To Be Doors, Not Walls
Joe DiRienzo Joe DiRienzo

Boundaries Are Meant To Be Doors, Not Walls

Most of us have inherited a warped understanding of boundaries.

We were taught they’re walls—rigid lines we draw in the sand, defenses we throw up when someone gets too close. And sometimes, especially when we’re healing from trauma or reclaiming a lost sense of self, it does feel like we need walls.

But that’s not the full truth.

At their core, boundaries are not walls. They are not punishments. They are not tools for controlling others.

They’re sacred, living expressions of where you begin—and where someone else ends.

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