28/10/2025
🌿 Setting Boundaries at Work „and in Life“ — and Why It Matters So Deeply
This theme keeps coming up in my coaching sessions lately.
Smart, capable, caring people… exhausted and burning out — not because they don’t care, but because they care too much.
They’ve forgotten where they end and where work begins.
Boundaries are not walls.
They’re bridges of respect — for yourself and for others.
They define the space where your energy, focus, and wellbeing can thrive.
So many of us struggle with setting them because of guilt, fear, or the need to be liked.
But without them, we end up feeling exhausted, resentful, or invisible — wondering why our motivation has quietly slipped away…
Setting boundaries isn’t selfish.
It’s an act of self-leadership.
It’s how we sustain the energy to keep showing up — at work, at home, and for ourselves.
And it’s not just about learning to say “no” to the outside world —
it’s about reconnecting with your own values and asking what saying yes to yourself truly means.
Because every “yes” you give yourself is a step toward alignment, balance, and self-respect.
✨ A few gentle reminders:
• You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop and what you reinforce.
• Saying “no” doesn’t make you difficult — it makes your “yes” more meaningful.
• You are not the work you do; you are the person you are.
Would you like to explore this on a deeper level — to reconnect with your energy, values, and limits in a way that truly supports you?
🌿 I’m Leigh Brülisauer-Balmer — Holistic Life & Wellbeing Coach.
Together, we can find a way to restore balance, energy, and clarity — so you can lead and live from a place of strength and calm.
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