By Susan Biali Haas — 2013
Is it time to start honoring your needs, instead of everyone else’s?
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“I should have quit way before Tokyo.”
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Boundaries are what happen when you can sense yourself and what you need and want and access your voice to speak to those things.
If you’re managing boundaries with a family of origin or you’re establishing them with your chosen family, maintaining healthy boundaries is a way of taking care of your closest relationships.
Boundary predators appear in every realm of life.
Our familial relationships can lay the groundwork for how we communicate in many of our other relationships. Here’s how to course-correct when things have gotten toxic with a family member.
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Have you ever struggled with knowing how much you want to share about your own life online where your professional network and clients or patients can read it? You’re not alone.
After growing up in a household with extremely loose emotional boundaries, I soon learned the importance of establishing my own personal boundaries as quickly and clearly as possible. And, in recent years, I have even managed to become more eloquent about when and how to set them.
Setting boundaries is an important part of establishing one’s identity and is a crucial aspect of mental health and well-being.
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Our personal boundaries aren’t as obvious as a fence or a giant “no trespassing” sign, unfortunately. They’re more like invisible bubbles.
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Sharing personal information brings people together and helps them like one another more. But in an age of self-disclosure, how do you know when you’ve gone too far—or when someone else has ulterior motives?
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