The Importance of Healthy Boundaries in Our Lives

Presented by Debra Wiegel, MFT

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Boundaries are the limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships. A person with healthy boundaries can say “no” to others when they want to and are also comfortable opening themselves up to intimacy and close relationships; Rigid Boundaries avoid intimacy and closeness; Porous Boundaries overshare personal information, and Healthy Boundaries value are own opinions, doesn’t compromise values, knows personal wants and needs, can communicate them, and accepts when others say “no” to them. Our boundaries of conversation are associated with, time – physical – emotional – intellectual – and material boundaries.