Boundaries

How Trauma Affects The Shape Of Your Boundaries

How Trauma Affects The Shape Of Your Boundaries

The idea of setting healthy boundaries is so that we live a healthy life. Boundaries are fashioned to protect us, and they also help form our identities in childhood. Boundaries teach others what we find ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ as well as what is important to us (our values). For those of us with poor boundaries, … Read more

Let’s Talk About Sex[ual Boundaries]

Let’s Talk About Sex[ual Boundaries]

What Are Sexual Boundaries? With the number of casual sexual encounters that take place in the 21st century, mostly attributable to dating apps and the limitless access of partners they provide, there are constant opportunities in which we can expose ourselves to trauma triggers. These opportunities are dependent on the random selections of partners that … Read more

Do You Have Unhealthy Emotional Boundaries? Your Relationships Can Reveal This.

Do You Have Unhealthy Emotional Boundaries? Your Relationships Can Reveal This.

Emotional Boundaries – What are they? When is the last time you checked in with your emotional boundaries? It’s something we’re often not consciously aware of, but we practice these boundaries, for better or worse, on a daily basis in all of our interactions and relationships. Emotional boundaries may be the deepest, most confusing psychological … Read more

Let’s Get More Physical

How would you answer someone if they asked you, “How well do you protect your physical boundaries?”. If it were asked by anyone other than a therapist, that’d be pretty odd, but nonetheless, roll with it. Put simply – physical boundaries are things like personal space, your comfort level with physical touch, and your physical … Read more

Put Your Boundaries in Check

So many women struggle with self-advocacy and self-protection which often stem from not  maintaining healthy personal boundaries, which often leads to pleasing others before pleasing  themselves. One can be the most badass, successful, educated woman in town. Due to  conditioning we all experience to varying degrees in childhood, we can still lack in our abilities  … Read more