Beyond Bitchy: Mastering The Art Of Boundaries

Today you’ll learn about the third step of the 5-Step Boundary Solution process, Identifying Your Power Center. (If you haven’t already heard the previous two episodes, I recommend listening to them first.) Most of us have a conflicted, or even negative, relationship with power. Step 3 is all about identifying your power center. Tune in to learn all about power: what it is, its negative and positive aspects, and how to use it as you are developing better personal and relationship boundaries. Biggest Takeaways From Episode #12: Power can be defined as the ability to do something or act in a particular way, or the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power appears in three general ways along a continuum. On one extreme is power-over. On the other extreme is powerlessness. In the healthy middle is authentic personal power. Most of us default toward one end of this continuum. People who use power-over strategies often make demands or tell others what to do. People close