A healthy relationship starts with mutual respect, and that includes respecting each other’s emotional and physical boundaries.

Negative Boundaries are not always easy to identify in the moment because we tend to be totally engrossed in the situation at hand.

In fact, these negative boundaries usually present after the fact, as an emotion of being uncomfortable or unhappy. But behind every emotion is a boundary program just waiting to be identified, and once identified, it’s easy to create new rules of engagement that you can choose to put in place.