How old family roles, cultural expectations, and the pressure to keep everyone comfortable can resurface during the holidays
You’ve spent the year learning how to speak up for yourself, set boundaries and stop taking responsibility for everyone else’s feeling…..Then you go home for the holidays.
Before dinner is even served, there you go, explaining a decision that you’ve made, managing somebody’s mood and feelings, and wondering why saying no seems almost impossible. And just like that, you’re slipping back into a role you thought you’d outgrown.
It’s not that you loss any progress. You may be stepping back into a family dynamic that’s been familiar for a long time.