Setting Healthy Boundaries/Rashea@LLO2 Academy
Setting healthy boundaries.
What are your boundaries?
Do you have healthy boundaries in place?
Boundaries that protect your life, privacy, self respect and space? Everyone needs healthy and helpful boundaries that enables them to navigate through life and circumstances more effectively. Healthy boundaries help keep us safe from unwanted pressure from peers and circumstances.
Without healthy boundaries in place, people will have a tendency to walk all over you. Without healthy boundaries in place, people and circumstances can and will leave you feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, sad, drained and out the loop. STOP! TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.
Setting healthy boundaries for your life communicates to people that you are committed to your personal well being above their opinions, negative behavior and criticisms. Setting healthy boundaries communicates that you are not a push over. Setting healthy boundaries communicates self-respect.
Even tempered? Hum... I don't know about that?🤔💭 Depending on the situation or the kind of person you are talking to... A calm tone may not work as effectively. When dealing with people who are use to getting their way and forcing situations in their favor... a more stern and direct tone of voice may work more effectively. When you are dealing with a domineering person... using a calm tone of voice all the time only communicates to them that you are passive and weak. When dealing with a domineering person... be stern and direct, then go back to your more calm demeanor after your have walked away.
I have been dealing with domineering individuals for well over 30+ years of my life...🤣. Sometimes, they don't see how disrespectful and rude they are until you give it back to them. "Don't raise your voice at me. Don't talk to me that way!" Exactly!😂🤣 It works two ways.👍🏾💯
And on the otherhand, when correcting a more passive and calm individual... Yelling is not the approach to take. A thorough and clear explaination of your feelings toward correcting their behavior or opinions will work just fine. When you yell at a person who is more mild mannered all the time... you only cause resentment, detatchment and a sense of fear.
The key to correcting a person who has crossed a boundary you set in place... is to know the kind of person you are dealing with. If people keep crossing boundaries you have set in place to protect yourself, life and space... remove your presence and in most instances... don't return unless you just have to. No one's ego, opinions, status or stature is worth your self-respect.
When you start sticking up for yourself... You will be surprised at how many people will pay it forward. It is YOU that sets the tone for your life and well being. Respect our disrespect?
Rashea@LLO2
