Setting Boundaries That Hold: An easy guide to protecting your time and energy - Couverture souple

T M, Sajith

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798174486959

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

What if saying no didn't require a long explanation, an apology, or a guilty feeling?

You agree before checking your calendar.

You say yes when you really mean no.

You explain your limits until they sound like negotiations.

Then the resentment comes later.

If that sounds familiar, Setting Boundaries That Hold offers a practical way to change the pattern.

This isn't a book about becoming cold, selfish, or difficult. It's about learning how to protect your time, energy, values, and peace while communicating clearly enough for other people to understand what you can—and cannot—offer.

Inside, you'll discover practical tools to help you:

• Stop automatic yeses and pause before committing
• Understand the hidden beliefs that make saying no feel selfish or wrong
• Decide what to allow, refuse, or renegotiate using the 3-Lens Test
• Say no without over-explaining using the Pause-Name-Offer Script
• Stay calm when someone pushes back on your boundary
• Protect your working hours with the Calendar Contract
• Create clearer responsibilities and expectations at home
• Reduce resentment caused by unclear agreements
• Follow through when guilt, pressure, or disappointment makes you want to give in
• Recover when a boundary slips instead of abandoning the whole effort

You'll learn to look at every request through three simple questions:

What will this cost my time?
What will it cost my energy?
Does it fit my values?

Then you'll learn how to turn that decision into words you can actually use in real conversations.

Because a boundary isn't just a sentence.

It's a decision you are willing to live by.

And you don't have to make someone else comfortable with your boundary before you're allowed to keep it.

If you're ready to stop over-giving, communicate your limits with greater clarity, and build calmer, more self-respecting relationships, this book gives you a practical place to start.

Start with one boundary.

Say it clearly.

Hold it calmly.

And learn how to come back to it when life gets messy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798174486959
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 46
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible