This approach is particularly useful for those questions that seem to have no appropriate answer, allowing you to maintain ...

Boundaries are essential for healthy relationships, self-care, and emotional well-being—but many people struggle to define them, let alone maintain them. I know that I am guilty of this because ...

Personal Boundaries. Personal boundaries are sets of guidelines that determine how we interact with others, how we take care of ourselves, and how we allow others to treat us.

What are personal boundaries? According to the University of California, Berkeley’s University Health Service, personal boundaries “are the limits and rules we set for ourselves within ...

I have been a counselor educator and a therapist in private practice for 40 years. Like many beginning counselors, I wanted people to feel better and to solve their own dilemmas. I followed the ...

Personal boundaries are a limited space in which we are safe and comfortable. They are our personal territory where we can safely express ourselves and make rules for those who enter them.

As I sit on my child’s bed, I realize that it doesn’t matter if we are seven or 47. Learning to protect our personal boundaries is not like riding a bicycle. It is a never-ending study and practice, ...

Alex Connolly, Ginny Hogan, and Dan Rosen humorously unspool a list of personal boundaries that must not be crossed under any circumstances. Yes, the boundaries are a bit fascist. You got a ...

It’s important because healthy personal boundaries help maintain a positive self-concept. It’s important because I can take better care of myself and not allow other people to define who I am.