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This is episode 6 and the topic is on Boundaries. WHAT IS A BOUNDARY?

1. A clear line between what is you and what is not you.
   
2. A clear line between what is your responsibility and what is not your responsibility.
   
3. A clear line between what you will tolerate and what you won’t tolerate.
   
4. A clear line between what you have control over and what you don’t have control over.
   

The purpose of having boundaries is to protect and take care of yourself. By setting a boundary you are telling others how to treat you. Relationships can only work best when you are clear about your expectations and needs and able to voice them.

When you have clear boundaries, you will respect yourself and others will respect you by having consistent boundaries. When boundaries are set, you are less angry and resentful because your needs are getting met. Boundaries make our expectations clear so others know what to expect from us and how we want to be treated. Boundaries are the foundation for happy and healthy relationships.

Your boundaries act as filters in allowing what is acceptable in your life and what is not. If you don’t have boundaries that protect and define you, as a strong sense of your identity, you will tend to get your sense of worth from others. To avoid this, set clear and decisive limits so that others will respect them, and be willing to do whatever it takes to enforce them.

It’s important to be able to tell other people when they are acting in ways that are not acceptable to you. It’s your the responsibility to take to let others know if they are treating you disrespectfully.

When you have healthy communication with others, it’s important to learn to communicate how another person’s behavior is affecting you without blaming them. It’s important to state your feelings to others and to start with I feel, when you, or I want this from you. If you come from a place of blaming, such as you make me feel like….You did this to me…. Do you notice the difference. Starting with I, always indicates clear boundaries.

I share my stories about boundaries and discuss what being boundaries are. I provide free takeaway tools on boundaries on my website. Come join me and together we will take the journey this together.  I support you. I hear you. And I will always have you’re back.

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