Physical Boundaries
This word can be used to set your physical boundaries.
What is NO!
This is why emotional and relational boundaries are important.
What is being put into a stress response state by others who are around you?
This strategy, which is the topic of one of our College Steps groups, can help us define and enforce time boundaries.
What is time management?
According to the speaker, this threshold (another word for 'limit') triggers an automatic stress response when violated.
What is internal safety?
One of the speaker's greatest lessons about boundaries came from this animal.
What is a porcupine?
These are strategies that can be used with Joe's dad from last week.
What are staying with a friend, writing a letter and leaving to come back later, and individual or family therapy?
These can help tell us which people are good to be closer to and which people are good to be farther from.
What are emotions?
This is the English definition of the Latin word part "pro".
What is "in favor of"?
This grouping of circles used to define relational boundaries ranges from "healthy inner circle" to "zero contact".
What is a proximity map?
These are the two types of boundaries identified by the speaker.
What are fear-based boundaries and love-based boundaries?
An example of a bubble around a person that can be violated.
What is personal space?
This is a defense mechanism characterized by comic relief.
What is humor?
This person decides how much time they need for themself in order to be in the best mental, physical, and emotional state.
What is you?
This word can be harmful to your wellbeing and lead to your relational boundaries being violated when it's used too much.
What is "yes"?
According to the speaker, boundaries can be this instead of rigid and fixed.
What is flexible?
STRETCH BREAK!
Let's stand up, stretch, and get the blood flowing up to our brains.
These are things people can get emotionally attached to besides other people.
What are objects and places?
This is the English definition of the Latin word part "crastinus".
What is "tomorrow"?
According to the speaker, this term defines healing in healthy relationships.
What is co-regulation?
This is an alternative, or middle ground, between "yes" and "no".
What is "how much?"
This strategy is a topic of one of our College Steps groups. It can help with protecting your physical boundaries and with helping to not violate another's physical boundaries.
What is stress management?
These are the four types of stress responses we identified two weeks ago.
What are fight, flight, freeze, and fawn?
These can help you determine how much time to spend on what.
What are priorities?
According to the speaker, it's not necessarily helpful to your relational boundaries to be totally open with whom?
What is everyone.
This is the spot where people or animals can benefit each other without hurting each other.
What is the sweet spot in relationships?