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07. Boundary Self-Reflection

Extending about an arm’s length away from your physical body in all directions is your personal space. Surrounding this space is a boundary delineating your personal container. 

A healthy boundary ideally acts as a 2-way filter for you. It serves to block out external toxic energies while allowing nourishing and beneficial frequencies in. Likewise, it permits you to release unwanted energies as well as give out positive ones into your environment. It helps you maintain and contain your own life force so that you don’t leak vital energy. 

However, if your boundary is not strong and has areas of weakness it may not appropriately serve these filtration roles for you making it difficult for you to function in the world. You then become vulnerable to anxiety, excessive worry and fear which makes it difficult for you to trust yourself, others and make the best choices. Your boundary serves to not only protect you but to maintain appropriate boundaries within your relationships.

 

Reflect on the prompts below for ~5-20 minutes for the next 3 days and then as often as desired. *Unless otherwise directed.

  • You don’t have to do anything or change anything, this practice is focused on bringing your awareness to the integrity and health of your boundary.
  • Perform this self-reflection again in about 4 weeks to assess your progress and to gather any new information to continue to support you and your greatest good.
  • Optionally, use your testing technique to determine your optimal frequency and duration to use this reflection.

 

Boundary self-reflection prompts:

Do you or are you:

  • Easily absorb other people’s energy or emotions?
  • Tend to be generally unaware of what is going on around you and how others may be feeling?
  • Overextend yourself to others at the detriment to your own needs and wellbeing? Have trouble saying no?
  • Tend to not be aware or have trouble anticipating your family, friends or colleagues' needs? Do you often need direct and concrete direction and instruction for this?
  • Have a home or work environment that is messy, disorganized, dirty and/or cluttered?
  • Overly sensitive to your environment? Have trouble tolerating light, sound, smells, foods and/or chemicals?
  • Prone to infections? Have trouble detoxifying your body?
  • Take excessive risks or are risk averse and overly cautious?
  • Have addictive tendencies?
  • Have trouble sticking up for yourself or do you tend to boss others around?
  • Overly sensitive, have trouble accepting criticism or judgmental?
  • Have a short fuse and can blow up/be triggered very easily and often?
  • Typically ignore or repress your feelings of stress or anger?
  • Have trouble making decisions or tend to make rash decisions?
  • Find yourself in co-dependent or clingy relationships?
  • In unsupportive relationships?
  • Rely on external validation for your sense of self?
  • Like to always be in control where you live a very regimented and structured lifestyle disliking spontaneity?

 

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