Why can't I respect your boundaries?
Reflections from reading "Set Boundaries, Find Peace" by Nedra Glover Tawwab.
My real name is Gabrielle, but everyone calls me Gabby and has since day one. I don’t think my parents realized the foreshadowing of this name when they started to use it, but I love to gab. If you haven’t discerned through my writing yet, I’m a verbose individual - I love to chatter on about nonsense, share my thoughts in real time, and prefer to text on my computer because it’s easier to type out long messages.
As I work through a recent break up and prepare for new experiences, I decided it would be a good time to start therapy again. My beloved therapist who I went to for years has been on and off maternity leave, so I’m starting fresh. The first session with my new therapist reconfirmed a bit of what I already knew about myself: I tend to let my priorities and boundaries become porous in the hopes of new, deeper connections. Thus, she recommended I read “Set Boundaries, Find Peace” by
.I pride myself on the effort I take to self-reflect and become more aware of personal areas of development. Reading the book was interesting not only because it helped me further learn how to set boundaries for myself, but, unexpectedly, it made me realize that I really struggle to respect the boundaries of others. Before we dive into that further, I think more context is necessary…