Archive for Healthy Boundaries – Page 2

Do Relationships Turn You into a Chameleon?

We become lost in intimate relationships. We’re not sure exactly when it happens. Yet, it does. If our partner were to say, “Where are you going?” you’d likely say, “Wherever you’re going, wherever you want me to go.” Well, perhaps actually asked that question, you wouldn’t answer it that way. But, subconsciously that is the answer we give – it’s what we do. That is a state of ‘lost’ not just in your relationship, but in yourself. You recognize it physically as a feeling of being disoriented, fuzzy in the head, unsure of what you want, where you want to go, or even who you now are.

Personal Boundaries are Essential to the Real You

It’s paramount to your development of your self and to your happiness to develop your interests and who you are. In doing so you’re going to need to be vocal about boundaries, there’s no way to live your life as the real you and not champion your personal boundaries. A key part of your personal growth and transformation from dysfunctional into functional individuals is the ability to get comfortable using the simplest of words: no.

Triangles in Your Relationships? Highly Unstable, but Easy to Fix!

In the simplest terms, triangling means that you and someone else are talking about someone who isn’t there. It can mean that you are relating to the other person by means of discussing a third party. (There are more complex versions of triangling, but that’s the basic idea.)