Inner Growth: Reaching the Middle Ground

In our families, as children and teenagers, we learn how to have relationships with ourselves and others. It is our parents and extended families that initially show us everything in regards to relationships. If we're lucky, most of what we learn is effective and fosters satisfying, fulfilling, adult connections. If we're not lucky, the behaviors we learn from our families can be simple coping mechanisms that let us merely "get by" but don't allow us to flourish. Some extremes can be outright toxic habits such as drug abuse, eating disorders, alcoholism, or a myriad of other