The Guide to Strong Relationship Boundaries

PSA: Setting strong personal boundaries is not a cure-all for your relationship woes (or your lost keys). In fact, they’re more of a side effect of having a healthy self-esteem and generally low levels of neediness with people around you.

Boundaries in relationships work both ways: they create emotional health and are created by people with emotional health. They are something you can start working on today with the people close to you and you’ll begin to notice a difference in your self-esteem, confidence, emotional stability, and so on.

And yes, believe it or not, boundaries are also hot.

Do You Have Boundary Issues?

First, let’s do the obligatory bullet point list every blog must do for these types of posts. Let’s do the “You Might Have A Boundary Issue If…” list so you know where you stand:

• Do you ever feel like people take advantage of you or use your emotions for their own gain?
• Do you ever feel like you’re constantly having to “save” people close to you and fix their problems all the time?
• Do you find yourself sucked into pointless fighting or debating regularly?
• Do you find yourself faaaaar more invested or attracted to a person than you should be for how long you’ve…