• 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 ...

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...

• 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 ...

• 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...