This week, Janelle is talking about something that happened in her own neighbourhood.

What started as a normal school pickup turned into a very uncomfortable interaction with a woman walking several dogs… and somehow ended with that same woman following Janelle home.

The experience got Janelle thinking about something bigger. How some people react when you set even the smallest boundary, and how quickly a simple situation can escalate when someone refuses to take the hint.

Because sometimes the issue isn't the boundary… it's the person who refuses to respect it.

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This week, Janelle does something a little different and invites a follower onto the podcast to share her own story. And, it's one that so many women will quietly recognize…. What happens when you slowly pull back from your husband's family group chat… and suddenly you're blamed for "ruining" the family dynamic?

In modern families, there's often a pressure to perform closeness in digital spaces. But in reality, busy seasons of life naturally shift priorities, and that sometimes looks like pulling back from surface-level interactions, which can be interpreted as rejection.

The conversation also touches on what happens when your relationship with your mother-in-law changes, how adult kids becoming more private can shift what you share, and why the daughter-in-law so often becomes the default scapegoat when family dynamics change.

If you've ever muted a chat, left a chat, taken space, or been labeled "the problem" for simply refocusing your energy… Yeah, this is for you.

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This week, Janelle is talking about a word that keeps popping up in her DMs lately… enmeshment.

What does it actually mean? And how is it different from just being close with your family? Janelle breaks down what enmeshment can look like in adulthood, why boundaries often feel like personal attacks in enmeshed families, and how growing up feeling responsible for a parent's emotions can quietly follow someone into their marriage.

She also answers follower questions about partners who can't seem to separate their mother's feelings from their own, what to do when "being a good son" starts to conflict with being a good husband, and how to approach these conversations without turning them into a war.

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