How to Set Healthy Boundaries

Boundaries are rules you set for yourself that help you determine how you want to be treated and how you treat people in your life. They help you keep your personal business and your feelings separate from others, which is especially important for empaths, who tend to pick up other people’s feelings and confuse them with their own. This can lead to a loss of identity.

Listen to your thoughts, feelings, and especially your intuition to determine what you need and want. If your boundaries are being violated or if you need to set stronger ones, your body and mind will give you signals. Anxiety, fatigue, gut issues, insomnia, depression, anger, frustration, addiction, and resentment are just a few to watch for.

There are many ways to set boundaries. Here are just a few examples:

• Say no to things you don’t want to do

• Don’t return a phone call or text

• Tell people how you honestly feel

• Don’t go to a gathering or event if you don’t want to

• Mind your own business

• Let other people resolve their own issues

• Eliminate people who do not treat you well from your life

• Stop giving people money