Book Excerpts

Skill #1: Looking To Learn
Skill #2: Transforming your Thinking
Skill #3: Establishing Healthy Boundaries
Skill #4: Caring For Your Body
Skill #5: Raising Your Emotional IQ
Skill #6: Cultivating Your Spiritual Life
Skill #7: Fine-tuning Relationships

Skill # 3 – Establishing Healthy Boundaries

SELF-ASSESSMENT
What Influences My Boundary-Setting?

Risk Factors
There are specific factors in people’s personal backgrounds that make them
prone to having low or non-existent boundaries. Put a check mark in the
boxes according to your past experiences. Have you:

• Tended to accommodate others and sacrifice things you care about to make others happy?
• Made it a pattern of stepping down in a disagreement?
• Been in a close relationship with a person who was very manipulative?
• Generally been a conflict avoider?
• Taken on the role of a peacemaker?
• Been allowed to get away with behavior you should have had consequences for?
• Had people emotionally withdraw from you after you’ve set a limit?