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.

It’s easy to think of “personal boundaries” as a subjective set of preferences. But while that’s true in a limited sense, a more meaningful examination of our own boundaries help give us ...

Personal boundaries help us define what we are comfortable with and how we want to be treated by others. Boundaries refer to limits that we put in place to protect our well being.

Establishing personal boundaries reflects the way you take responsibility for your life. You define how you are going to be treated and how you are going to react. Of course, ...

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 ...

Healthy personal boundaries make for healthy relationships and healthy relationships enhance mental wellness. However, before we can set healthy boundaries, we need to understand what personal ...

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 ...