Boundaries Require:
- Self-awareness
- Self-love
- Honest communication
- Saying the hard stuff
- Aligning with, or stepping into our power
Having Good Boundaries with People Includes:
- Respecting their rights, privacy and personal business
- Asking – not expecting, demanding, assuming or insisting
- Doing what we say we will, and saying when plans change
- Asking if it’s a good time to talk when we call
- Not arriving unannounced unless both parties agree that’s ok
- Not borrowing without asking
- Paying debts on time
- Telling the truth
- Being non-judgmental
- Not confronting, accusing or intervening without checking facts
- Not pushing our beliefs on others
- Not feeling entitled to take what others have by manipulation
- Calling at normal hours unless it’s a true emergency – not drama
- Not talking about others behind their backs
- Not assuming we know the facts unless we do
- Not pestering, calling too often, or asking for inappropriate favours