Well hello, Iza,
We've been talking a lot this week about learning how to set boundaries with partners, family, and friends. But for many of us, the place we abandon ourselves most reliably is at work.
You know her. Maybe you are her.
She's the one who answers email at 10pm. The one who says "no worries!" when there are, in fact, worries.
The one who's become the office mom... remembering the birthdays, smoothing the conflicts, absorbing the overflow... and whose reward for being so capable is more work.
Here's the pattern underneath it: at work, your competence gets treated like capacity. And when you're a high-functioning codependent, you co-sign that deal.
You take the "just one more thing." You might cover for people or do the emotional labor of the whole team and then wonder why you're exhausted and, if you're honest, a little bitter.
The bitterness is data. Resentment often means a boundary is missing.
So here are three questions I give my clients, for every task on your plate. I call it an energy audit:
Does this have to be done?
Does it have to be done now?
Does it have to be done by me?
You may be shocked how often the honest answer to that third one is no... and how often you do it anyway, because saying "my plate is full" to a boss or a colleague feels impossible.
The context may change, but the core boundary skills don't.
The same skills you use in your personal relationships apply in your professional life, too.
Knowing what you need, honoring your limits, and making a simple, direct request before resentment builds works across all relationships.
Which is exactly what we're doing inside Boundary Bootcamp right now.
You learn the process once, and then you bring your real situations to the weekly live calls... and I promise you, “How do I say no to my mother, my friend, or my boss?” comes up on those calls every single round. You are not the only one.
You get instant access to the course as soon as you sign up, so you can start right away. Our first live call is Wednesday, September 2nd at 12pm ET.
You can join for as little as $89 USD a month, and there's a 14-day refund policy.
Join Boundary Bootcamp now.
Enrollment closes Monday night... and so does another week of doing it all.
