Boundaries are essential for healthy relationships, self-care, and emotional well-being—but many people struggle to define them, let alone maintain them. I know that I am guilty of this because, I ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a people-pleaser by nature and have difficulty saying no or setting limits in my relationships. How can I start to create healthier boundaries in a kind yet firm way? ANSWER: ...

As if college relationships couldn’t be more complicated, social media adds an extra layer to the problems students face while searching for love. Inauthenticity, distortion of reality and unhealthy ...

The night before my 12-year-old daughter’s first overnight camping trip, I desperately wanted to unzip her suitcase to count how many socks she had packed. My kid showed me the packing list with every ...

Family dynamics can be hard to navigate, even for people who come from emotionally stable and healthy backgrounds. When families function in unhealthy ways, maintaining boundaries and building an ...

In a typical pediatrician visit, routine questions about sleep, appetite and school follow discussions of vitals and growth charts. But as children grow into preteens and teens, doctors sometimes ask ...

With Mel Robbins' new book, The Let Them Theory, and the poem by Cassie Phillips that inspired it getting a lot of attention lately, lots of people are talking about boundaries. As couple and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a people-pleaser by nature and have difficulty saying no or setting limits in my relationships. How can I start to create healthier boundaries in a kind yet firm way? ANSWER: ...