Setting Boundaries and Taking Care of Yourself

October 16, 2009

I have a friend who does a very good job of saying “yes” to anyone and everyone who needs her help. Yet when I speak to her, she shares with me about her feeling burned out with life, burned out with her lack of boundaries, and why it is so hard to say “no.”

Ram Dass shared that one of the challenges many of us have in life is learning to say with an open heart. That often we are trained by society, family to not say “no.” Yet when we have difficulty saying “no” we then leave ourselves open to creating inordinate amounts of stress.