Healthy boundaries are important for our wellbeing, both in the short and long term.
The struggle comes when we encounter someone in pain. As caring people it can feel cold and heartless to create a boundary of any sort in this setting.
This week I talk about how to create boundaries in a way that allows us to be loving, supportive people while also taking care of our own health. Then we do some tapping for the resistance to creating boundaries.
Below the player you will find a printable tapping script that accompanies this audio.
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I recognize the fact there is a swirl of information that is around me every single day…If I absorbed every piece of information and if I absorbed every emotion everyone experienced…Then it would be way too much…It would be overwhelming…It would be all-consuming…It would be impossible for me for me to be able to provide aid…I give myself permission to know that when I create good boundaries…I am not blocking the world out…I am not preventing those I need to be present to from having access to me…Instead I am making sure that when it is time for me to be fully present to someone in front of me that I can be fully present…As I start this day I give my sister permission to create helpful and helpful boundaries…To allow in the information that can make a difference…And to keep at bay any piece of information that is not useful to me…I know in doing this I am actually making a loving choice…Because I am ensuring that whenever I am present I am fully present…I trust my system to create helpful and helpful boundaries for me today.
Very helpful. I teach international students at a private university and sometimes they want more of my attention than I feel they actually need. It gets frustrating.
Great insights, both the helpful/healthful availability and the idea of speaking directly to my body/mind/spirit to access and to be reassured of turning on this inner resource. A very nice tool for those of us who are emotional sponges. Thanks.
Thanks so much! I struggle with this a lot and this was a great reminder of a quote I heard “If you do not put yourself first, nobody else can come second.”