[Eoscstudents] Healthy Relationships

[Levenia Carey]

Good Day Everyone:

Today I want to discuss boundaries.  Boundaries are important in 
determining the health of a relationship.  Boundaries clarify where you 
stop and where I begin, which problems belong to you and which problems 
belong to me.  What are boundaries?  "Just as homeowners set physical 
property lines around their land, we need to set mental, physical, 
emotional, and spiritual boundaries around our lives to help us 
distinguish what is our responsibility and what is not..." (Dr. Henry Cloud)

Each of us has boundaries, some of which go unspoken, in many areas of 
our lives.  We set boundaries in regard to physical proximity and touch, 
the words that are acceptable when we are spoken to, honesty, emotional 
intimacy (such as how much we self-disclose to others).  When one or 
both people in a relationship have difficulty with boundaries, the 
relationship suffers. 

Tomorrow we will address signs of Unhealthy Boundaries.

Levenia
918-465-1757