
Setting Loving Boundaries
Establishing personal boundaries isn’t about building a wall around ourselves. Rather, it’s about taking care of our sense of peace and joy, ease and wellbeing, and our needs and desires first[1] and foremost, while at the same time taking into consideration the wants and needs of others.
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I realised that when my wants and needs took a backseat (more often than not, they weren’t even in the proverbial car), I would feel used, exhausted, disrupted, taken advantage of, and sometimes, down-right resentful. I now know that maintaining healthy, Loving boundaries prevents most of the stress in my life and enables me to offer my best self to those around me—and I know this will be true for you, as well.
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Duration:
This is a BIG, juicy topic, and as such, it requires a full day to do it justice. Sometimes I will offer the workshop in one full day. At other times I will break it up and offer the second part on a different day.
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During the first part of this interactive workshop you will:
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identify what’s preventing you from having personal boundaries
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be offered solutions to address concerns about setting boundaries.
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determine how you and others are negatively affected when you don’t have healthy boundaries.
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discover how maintaining boundaries is an act of Love that benefits you and the people in your life.
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be introduced to a four-step process* for setting and maintaining Loving boundaries.
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During the second half of the workshop you will:
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employ the four step process* for setting and maintaining Loving boundaries.
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identify what’s not working in your life.
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become aware of the power of your EGS: Emotional Guidance System
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establish boundaries that honour your time, space, energy, wellbeing, and overall level of happiness.
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understand the importance of communicating your boundaries clearly and firmly
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learn strategies to kindly handle people who violate or attempt to push the edges of your boundaries.
*Note: Step 3 is Communicate Your Boundaries. This is another BIG topic and it's thoroughly and beautifully addressed in the Speak Up—and Ask workshop.
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