Let's use this space to get to know each other and discuss general topics related to boundaries that don't fit into the categories below. Please start a new thread for each new topic rather than renaming threads in the middle....   Go ▸

In this space we'll explore different boundary styles: intact, absent, damaged, variable, and rigid.  Go ▸

In this space we can explore the boundaries we inherited from our parents and families—and what we want to do with our inheritance. Keep it? Chuck it? Sort through it?  Go ▸

The physical boundary has to do with our right to determine how close someone gets to us physically and how they interact with us physically. That can range from how close someone stands or sits to us, to whether we...   Go ▸

The emotional boundary is about our right to our feelings—without justifying them, without needing to make sense of them. Our feelings belong to us and we have a right to them. —Pia Mellody  Go ▸

The mental boundary has to do with our right to think what we think, and to have our own beliefs and opinions, regardless of whether they're rational, in agreement with the latest statistics, or considered wrong or crazy by an...   Go ▸

The spiritual boundary is about our right to our own spiritual beliefs, regardless of how we were raised or what anyone else believes. —Pia Mellody  Go ▸

Let's use this space to discuss ways to communicate with others about our boundaries. Topics include ways to say yes and no, ways to set appropriate limits and allow people in as we choose, and when to be diplomatic versus...   Go ▸

Here we can explore how individual boundaries affect families, groups, and the planet as a whole.  Go ▸

Here we can explore appropriate boundaries in different kinds of relationships: parent/child, intimate partners, siblings, friends, employer/employee, etc.  Go ▸

This is a place to share favorite quotations and poetry relevant to the topic of boundaries. (Please no super-long entries.) It's also a place where we can share our successes related to boundaries and inspire each other.  Go ▸

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Use this board to post questions that you'd like input from other members about.  Go ▸