Episode notes
Today let’s talk about boundaries! Ano ba yan? Bakit ba nauuso ang concept na yan?
“Uy tumaba ka!”, “Ang dami mong pimples, go to my derma!”, “When are you getting married?”, “Shouldn’t you have kids by now?”
These remarks may seem harmless but are all examples of overstepping boundaries. We think it’s about time to unpack this issue.
Even in the workplace, the lack of boundaries encroach professional settings. There’s pressure to attend after work events, working on weekends, talking about another’s personal issues or being chismosa about co-workers.
Many of us were taught to be people pleasers, to be agreeable, to be team players, but people don’t realize how the failure to set boundaries will only make us feel disempowered and resentful of our failure to stand up for ourselves. Which circles back to mental ...