What is healthy personal boundaries about?

Setting healthy personal boundaries is like putting the puzzle of who you want to be, together, piece by piece.

What is healthy personal boundaries about? We often hear that we don’t have boundaries, that we need to learn to say no, that we should stick to our guns, that we should respect someone else’s boundaries. However, the person making these statements very seldom actually explains what boundaries are, where to get them, or how to say no.
 
They don’t explain how important boundaries really are to us. They don’t tell us that our boundaries, or the lack thereof, determine how we treat ourselves and others, and how others treat us.
 
Therefore, the purpose of this blog is to look at what healthy boundaries are about, how not having them affects us, and how to start the process of setting healthy personal boundaries.
 
In this blog I will cover:
 

1. Dictionary definition of a personal boundary.
2. What is a healthy personal boundary?
3. Why have healthy personal boundaries?
4. Types of healthy personal boundaries.
5. Indications of unhealthy or no personal boundaries.
6. Boundary quiz.
7. Barriers to creating boundaries.
8. How to create healthy personal boundaries.

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