How to Set Boundaries
Healthy boundaries can serve to establish one’s identity. Specifically, healthy boundaries can help people define their individuality and can help people indicate what they will and will not hold themselves responsible for.
Learning how to set healthy boundaries is a vital component of self-care. That’s because in work or in our personal relationships, poor boundaries can lead to resentment, anger, and burnout.
As a result, our therapists end up offering burnout counselling to help clients manage the physical and emotional effects of burnout.
A few reasons why healthy boundaries are important:
· To practice self-care and self-respect.
· To communicate your needs in a relationship.
· To make time and space for positive interactions.
· To set limits in a relationship in a way that is healthy.
How do you know if you need to work on your boundaries?
· Constant fear of letting others down.
· You say “yes” to a person when you want to say “no”.
· Modifying your sense of self to fit those around you.
· Accepting sexual advances or touches that you don’t want.
Book an online burnout counselling appointment and/or get support in how to set healthy boundaries.