5 Steps To Establish Boundaries
Establishing clear and healthy boundaries in relationships
Relationships are beautiful constructs that we all get to experience in life. Whether they are romantic, family or friendship relationships, they all fill a need we have to love and be loved. However within these relationships, there are often times where you may feel uncomfortable, asked too much of or have unfair expectations placed upon you. In this article, I’m going to share some key strategies on how to set clear and healthy boundaries, and to further strengthen your relationships with transparency, trust and honesty.
We’ve all been in a situation where a loved ones asked something that’s too much, requested a task too great or set unclear and unfair expectations for us to follow. And all too often we let these issues go on without ever expressing how we truly feel. Perhaps it’s because we’re afraid of how the person may react if we’re honest with them. Or maybe the person is so close to us we automatically take a submissive role to avoid a result of seperation. Whatever the circumstance may be, functioning in a relationship like this only leads to hurt, pain and resentment. Identifying your needs, setting your boundaries and communicating those boundaries, is vitally important.
