Skills for Setting Boundaries

• Gain Awareness
• Define who you are
• Define who you are not
• Develop the “No” muscle
• Stop blaming others
• Stop playing victim
• Persevere
• Become active, not reactive
• Set limits
• Choose values
• Practice self-control
• Accept others
• Realize your separateness
• Be honest
• Challenge distorted thinking

From Changes That Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud