Mastery
Uphold an agreed boundary with your family
Whenyour family asks for something affecting you both
Check privately what each of you can freely agree to. Tell your own family the limit as your decision too, then act on it. Revisit the arrangement with your partner after the event.
- Try saying
- “We can visit Sunday from two to four. We’ll leave at four.”
Start tiny
Say, “I’ll check our plans and get back to you.”
SafetyA shared boundary must not isolate either person from trusted support.
Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea
The Gottman Institute, Setting Boundaries With Others. Read the source ↗ . Practitioner guidance on communicating and acting on one’s own limits; examples and follow-through adapted editorially.
Mastery: Inspect your work, apply a specific correction in later practice and check whether it helped.
