Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Explore Tawwab’s discussion about the different types of boundaries. Which boundaries do you find easiest to assert? Which boundaries do you struggle with the most? What strategies could you use to address your weaker boundary areas?

Analyze Tawwab’s narrative style and general approach to the subject of boundaries. How do certain elements of the text—e.g., anecdotes, references to other sources, Tawwab’s personal experiences—affect the presentation of the text? Do you find Tawwab’s approach effective? Why or why not?

Choose one area of life (e.g., romantic relationships, family, friendships, or the workplace) and evaluate Tawwab’s claims about how to set boundaries in this specific area. What kinds of issues could boundaries help to solve, and how does she propose people set them? What other areas and/or dilemmas has she not addressed? How would you apply her strategies to those areas?