Only you will know which values and risks you'll be willing to negotiate on, but thinking those through before approaching that kind of conversation will help you feel secure in doing so. So go ahead, get out there and have some fun, but make sure you're keeping your own boundaries while you're doin…
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The only people who get upset when you set boundaries are the ones who benefited from you having none.
You really do learn about boundaries over time.
They stretched their boundaries. Now I need you to stretch yours.
— Amy Seimetz, Lodge Kerrigan, Oliver Becker, Alan Zuker, imdb.com
Setting boundaries is challenging.
There are certain bounds set for me which I must not depart from; and as I cannot do as I like, I am obstinate, and stay at home a great deal.
I don't believe in balance, I believe in boundaries.
How absurd that you minimize female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship...I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be.
You let toxic people leave your life, because ultimately, you know it’s a gain, not a loss. Rather than trying to convince someone to morph into a decent person, or rationalizing their destructive behavior, you allow them to show their true colors and plan your own speedy exit. You have no more time…
At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other people out, they fence you in. Life is messy. That’s how we’re made. So you can waste your life drawing lines…or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines…that are way too dangerous to cross. Here’s what I k…
Don’t get me wrong. You can still be a bad girl and be kind. You can still be compassionate. But you’ve got to have that feistiness. You’ve got to be able to fight back when needed. You’ve got to be able to choose yourself over some asshole who’s not even willing to give you the time of day – each a…
I’d much rather you be a bad girl. The kind who takes no shit. The kind who has pride in herself. The kind who knows what she wants and goes after it, even when society is afraid it will make her too powerful.
It's all about lines. The finish line at the end of residency, waiting in line for a chance at the operating table, and then there's the most important line, the line separating you from the people you work with. It doesn't help to get too familiar, to make friends. You need boundaries, between you…
At some point you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out; they fence you in. Life is messy, that's how we're made.
I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.
Alpha women do not put up with bullshit. They simply do not have the time to analyze mixed messages or become fluent in your hot and cold behavior. They’re way too busy working on their goals and leading thriving lives to entertain partners with half-assed efforts.
When Michael started, it was a different world. But because Michael kept going, because he didn’t accept limitations, because he refused to let people decide his boundaries, he opened up the whole world. In the music world, he put on one glove, pulled his pants up and broke down the color curtain.
You’re not here to settle. You're not here to bow down to those who give you crumbs. You’re not here to waste time catering to people who couldn’t care less if they destroyed you in the process of getting what they want.
Setting boundaries or calling out toxic behavior isn’t hateful – it’s sacred and it should be taught in every spiritual practice.
'no' might make them angry, but it will make you free. - if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger