The Be Your Best Self Podcast

Do you feel like you struggle with setting boundaries? Or you not even realize setting boundaries is the problem? Or maybe you know you do, and you want to fix that part in your life, BUT you don't really know how. Jenika is here to help you figure out where you need boundaries in your life and how to be YOUR best self. Let's see what it looks like to live in a "boundaryless" life in this first episode. 

Today's episode is primarily ideas and strategies taken from the book "Boundaries", by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. 

Paris Feltner was born on February 12th 1998. 9 months after she was born she was diagnosed with Xeroderma Pigmentosum. Also known as XP. XP is a rare genetic skin disorder. Patients with XP are missing an enzyme in their skin that repairs UV damage so all damage is cumulative and permanent. When this damage is compiled it causes skin cancer. When Paris was 8 she had a skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) on her head and throughout her early 20’s she has had three more skin cancers (basal cell carcinoma) on and around her face. Because of this condition patients with XP can only go out in the sun fully protected with a special hat that has UV absorbent plastic on the front, a jacket, jeans, and socks to fully cover all skin. Patients cannot go out in the sun under any circumstance unprotected because all exposure is permanent and can cause skin cancer. Paris is excited to share her story with me & educate more people on XP!