Learning to Embrace Boundaries with Sarah Steele

In this episode, author Sarah Steele shares her mental health journey and how anxiety, codependency, and boundaries have impacted her life. She also talks about the misconceptions surrounding boundaries, including red flags. Takeaways: Anxiety can be masked and self-medicated through acts of service, but it's important to acknowledge and speak out about it. Boundaries are not selfish or mean; they are God's idea and essential for healthy relationships. Setting boundaries can lead to freedom, healthier relationships, and a focus on God's guidance. Feeling and acknowledging our emotions is an important part of the healing process. The Bible and God's Word can provide comfort and guidance.   Sarah Steele is a poet and recovering people-pleaser. Her latest book, a poetry memoir called An Ocean Without, wrestles with the boundaries ignored and the anxiety internalized within servant-hearted women everywhere. When she's not writing or speaking, you can find Sarah leading students of all ages—including her own four redheads—in poetry workshops, watercolor classes, nature studies, and neighborhood book clubs around their Michigan home. Learn more on her website. Grab her book: An Ocean Without: Learning to Embrace Boundaries: A Story in Poems. View her Etsy shop!