Healthy Boundaries #5: Somatic Boundaries: Teaching Your Body It’s Safe to Say No

We're at the final blog in this series on healthy boundaries. We've covered feeling responsible for everyone else, understanding what boundaries actually are, how to set boundaries without the guilt spiral, and maintaining boundaries when everything wants to let them slip. But there's one piece we haven't fully addressed yet. You can know intellectually that boundaries are important. You can have the scripts ready. You can understand why you need them. And still, when it comes to actually holding [...]

2026-04-09T13:20:58+00:009 April 2026|Categories: Healthy boundaries|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Healthy Boundaries #5: Somatic Boundaries: Teaching Your Body It’s Safe to Say No

Healthy Boundaries #4: Maintaining Boundaries When Everything Wants to Let Them Slip

I'm still talking about healthy boundaries! The more I write, the more there is to cover. I hope you're finding this series about holding healthy boundaries useful (and there's still more to come). If you're just joining us, we've already covered feeling responsible for everyone else, understanding what boundaries actually are, and how to set boundaries without the guilt spiral. If you've been following along and giving boundaries a go, you've probably discovered something. Setting a boundary is one [...]

2026-03-26T20:11:04+00:0026 March 2026|Categories: Healthy boundaries|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Healthy Boundaries #4: Maintaining Boundaries When Everything Wants to Let Them Slip

Healthy Boundaries #3: How to Set Boundaries (Without the Guilt Spiral)

So far in this series on healthy boundaries, we've explored feeling responsible for everyone else's emotions and understanding what boundaries actually are when you've never really had them. You might be liking the sound of these healthy boundaries, but still wondering how to put them into practice. Knowing you need boundaries and actually implementing them are two completely different things. Especially when everything inside you is screaming that setting a boundary is selfish, unkind, or will result in conflict [...]

2026-03-12T13:12:44+00:0012 March 2026|Categories: Healthy boundaries|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Healthy Boundaries #3: How to Set Boundaries (Without the Guilt Spiral)