Setting Boundaries

HEALTHY BOUNDARIES

Setting healthy boundaries is a way of caring for yourself. When set properly boundaries create the environment and conditions in which you can experience greater well-being, and signal to others how best to work and communicate with you.

Setting boundaries allows you to clearly define and maintain the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical space you need to be your best self every day. Boundaries set limits to how you will allow others to treat you, and behave in relation to you. And they create expectations as to what others can, and cannot, expect from you.

Think of boundaries as a life-enhancing system of how you say “yes” and “no” so that you can grow, and create the environment and relationships that enable you to do so with confidence and joy.

Healthy boundaries can also be boundaries you set for yourself. For example, you might draw a boundary with yourself about the language, or self-talk you use that is limiting you in some way, e.g., “I will no longer say to myself that I’m a loser when it comes to yoga.” Boundaries can also be used with other people. For example, “I’m very interested in hearing your perspective, but I can’t do that when you’re yelling at me. When you have had time to calm down and reflect, then we can try again.” 

In Forum, you’ll learn positive ways in which to set boundaries with yourself, and others.

You’ll also learn to recognize the signs of when you may not have boundaries or need them, such as when you feel a lack of respect, loss of direction, dissatisfaction with your choices, or when you feel like a victim more often than not.

You’ll also explore the different types of domains in which boundaries can be set, and why each is important to your health and well-being.