This month we have devoted our posts and podcasts to the whole subject of setting boundaries. Sometimes it is useful to think about what boundaries are actually invading your life, … Continue reading Healthy versus Unhealthy Boundaries
This month we have been talking about boundaries. A great way to think about setting boundaries is to see it as defining your own behavior, not someone else’s. So, this … Continue reading Monday Motivator: Define Your OWN Behavior
Should you set boundaries at work?! Of course. Listen to this brief podcast for the why and how!
Usually, we think about setting boundaries when something isn’t working quite right either physically or emotionally. A coworker being rude to you at work… People speaking too loudly outside your … Continue reading The Thing about Boundaries…
Here’s your motivating thought for the week: Reprogram your thought process to make sure that you RESPOND rather than REACT. Reacting many times includes an emotional component. Responding means that … Continue reading Monday Motivator: Respond Rather than React
If you feel like a plate spinner – too much to do – too many things to do – all at the same time, setting boundaries will rescue you! Listen to this 3 minute podcast for the why and how…
Boundaries can help us honor ourselves. Setting boundaries may not always come naturally or easily. But learning to set our own healthy boundaries is a way of establishing personal freedom. … Continue reading Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
Here’s your challenge for the week: declare a boundary.
You don’t need to declare it to others (although that’s ok too), but I’m suggesting that you declare a boundary – just to yourself…
This week’s Monday Motivator was a challenge to you to employ the strategy of using the words “not now” rather than a simple no. Here’s a bit more on that … Continue reading More on the Magic of “Not Now”
“NO” sounds so final. Negative. Unfriendly.”
Here’s an alternative…
Whether a meeting should take a half hour, fifteen minutes, an hour or 90 minutes, you can almost bank on that meeting taking the dreaded one hour. Listen to this Great Points podcast on how to debunk the dreaded one hour meeting.
