Boundaries : Maintaining our Truth

This week we are opening the floor to discuss boundaries. The elusive, yet important topic that allows the individual to have presence and identity in this world, and in their relationships. We may often associate the word boundaries with limitations and hard rules. Boundaries come in many forms and can be applied in an emotional, physical, cultural, and even spiritual sense. Poor boundaries exist when we have a difficult time distinguishing ourselves from others. In this framework, we tend to be in the people pleasing, and needing validation sort of realm of things. On the other end of that, having too strict of boundaries can lead to isolation, and inability to create and maintain relationships with the other. Somewhere in the middle, we are given the ability to thrive as individuals, and allow others to thrive as well. As with a lot of the topics we discuss, it is about honor, for both ourselves, and others. In this episode, we explore this topic through a fresh lens, we introduce the idea of boundaries being an extension of self-esteem, love, and respect within ourselves, and in our relationships.