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I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

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Hello and welcome to episode 254 of the Mindful Kind podcast.

I hope you're having a fantastic day so far and I'm really happy you're here and tuning

into this episode. I've received a few questions from my community lately about

healthy personal boundaries and how to set them. I've mentioned the idea of setting helpful

boundaries a few times before, like on episode 229 called Compassion Fatigue and Episode 198

called Vulnerability and Friendships. However, I haven't done a deep

dive into this powerful topic, so in this episode you'll be learning all about boundaries and how

to set them, including some examples of important boundaries in my own life.

Boundaries are the limits you set with other people to

protect your well-being. Your boundaries cater to you and your needs and indicate to others

how they can behave towards you. And there are different types of boundaries that you can set.

Physical boundaries protect your personal

space and your physical needs. For example, a physical boundary might be that you don't want

strangers in your home unannounced or people walking around in your backyard. So you might

have a lock on the door and a fence around your home. Another physical boundary might involve touch. Perhaps you don't

like hugging, so when someone wants to hug you, maybe you'll say, thank you, but I'm not a big hugger,

how about a handshake? And just a few more examples of physical boundaries might include

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