5 Lessons translated from plant knowledge Photo courtesy of Pixels for Canva Plants Know a Lot About Boundaries My inner science teacher got me thinking about how plants use boundaries as a protection against pests, droughts, freezes, and disease. I began comparing how plants can teach us about setting our own boundaries. As humans, we […]
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Especially if boundaries are hard for you. Photo courtesy of Pexels for Canva Two Common Myths About Setting Boundaries If you are a people-pleaser, co-dependent, or empath, setting boundaries may be hard for you. You may have grown up with your parents, or other adults, crossing your boundaries often. It feels normal to you. As
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Here are 3 easy ways to start. Why Is Setting Boundaries So Hard? Setting boundaries may be hard for you because, as children, we have no boundaries. It seems as though little girls, especially, are taught to be kind to everyone, never show anger, and don’t cry. We learn that our feelings are not as
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How do you want to feel in your relationships? What are Boundaries? Boundaries are limits you put on your own behavior to define what behaviors and actions belong to you, and what belongs to someone else. Your boundaries protect yourself and others from being hurt, both physically, and emotionally. Without boundaries, you will feel sad,
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Here’s how to fix it, so you feel more confident standing up for yourself. Photo courtesy of Pexels for Canva Common Mistakes When Setting Boundaries When you are an empathic people-pleaser, at some point, the message is driven home that we have to have boundaries. Most often, this point is discovered in a very traumatic
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It feels normal to abandon your needs You’re planning a group dinner with friends. Everyone is deciding where to meet, and someone throws out the name of a restaurant you hate. But, you think to yourself, “If everyone else wants to go there, that’s okay, I can figure out something to eat.”, instead of voicing
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You’ve tried everything, now what? You have a toxic person, a narcissist, an energy vampire in your life, and you’ve tried setting boundaries. You’ve tried telling this person no, but they just keep hounding you. They talk you to death until you eventually give in. They get all the other people around you on their
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Someone has crossed your personal boundary, now what? As an empath, it is difficult for you to set healthy boundaries because you care about the feelings of others. You worry that you will hurt their feelings or make them angry. You probably have a difficult time dealing with the negative emotions of others. It drains
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A personal boundary is a guideline or limit you create to let another person know how you want to be treated. Boundaries can be physical, emotional or energetic.
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How does saying “No” help you stay healthier? We all have things we would rather not do, but we do them anyways. Sometimes, it’s because we care about the person asking, and we want to make them happy. Sometimes we do it because we want to keep other people from being disappointed in us. The
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