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Defining Boundaries
The word “boundary” can leave the impression of separation.
But boundaries are actually connecting points since they provide healthy rules for navigating relationships, intimate or professional.
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Examine your rights and needs
- Once you identify your rights and choose to believe in them, you’ll find honoring them easier. For example, I have a right to be treated with respect.
- Check-in with your body (heart rate, sweating, tightness in the chest, clenched fists) to understand what you can handle and ...
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Determine your borders
Our boundaries are shaped by
- our heritage or culture
- the region we live in or come from
- whether we’re introverted, extroverted, or somewhere in between
- our life experiences
- our family dynamics
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Become a boundary-setting boss
How to draw your lines with confidence.
- Be assertive. Assertive language is clear and non-negotiable, without blaming or threatening the receiver. Be assertive using "I statements."
- Learn to say no. You can say no without an explanation and without providing any e...
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The benefits of boundaries
- Boundaries improve our relationships and self-esteem. They protect relationships from becoming unsafe.
- Boundaries can be flexible. It’s good to think about them occasionally and reassess them.
- Boundaries allow us to conserve our emotional energy. Without ...
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Other people’s boundaries
- Watch for cues. Possible hints someone might want more space: avoiding eye contact, limited conversation response, turning away or sideways.
- Be inclusive of neurodiverse behaviors. These are people who live with autism, are on the spectrum, or who have other deve...
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Boundaries in Relationships and Stress
Boundaries can be described as how emotionally close you let people get to you. They are also where you draw the line within a relationship. They say how much you are willing to give or take before requiring that things change or deciding to call it quits.
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