Boundary-Setting Questions
For the people-pleasers, the over-givers, the ones who say yes and mean no. Honest questions about where you end and others begin.
The List
- Where in your life do you feel stretched too thin right now?
- What’s a ‘yes’ you regularly give that’s really a ‘no’?
- Who in your life is hardest to set boundaries with, and why?
- What do you fear will happen if you start saying no?
- What’s a boundary someone else held that you secretly respected?
- Where do you feel resentful, and what boundary is hiding under it?
- What did boundaries look like in the home you grew up in?
- What’s something you tolerate that you wish you didn’t?
- How do you feel in your body when a boundary’s been crossed?
- What would you protect more fiercely if you believed you deserved to?
- What’s a boundary you set that you’re proud of?
- Where are you over-explaining when ‘no’ would be enough?
- Whose disappointment are you most afraid of?
- What’s a need you’ve been calling ‘too much’?
- What would your week look like if your time was actually yours?