What is ok and not ok?

When going through experiences and situations in life, you recognize the need to develop personal boundaries for yourself and in interactions with others too.

To do this, you need to develop a lot of self-awareness. What are your personal values? What matters to you and what doesn’t? What resonates best with you and what doesn’t?

Then comes your values when interacting with others. You might think: If those are my real actual values, they are so different from other people values. I am going to disappoint others. I might lose people in my life. What if I remain alone and lonely doing this?

Well, this is how we learn and practice bravery and courage. By being honest, genuine, authentic and vulnerable while not knowing what the outcome could be.

This is also a fundamental part of honoring and respecting yourself. I like asking this question when doing this: If it was my best friend, will this how I would like to behave, act and be treated?

If the answer is no, then you need to go back to your personal values and do some checking and revision there.