#CovidBoundaries
COVID BOUNDARIES are your specific boundaries around what you will not accept as it relates to personal and/or public safety.
THE CRINGE MOMENT happens when we are asked by friends or family to do something that puts personal safety and/or public safety at risk. Our bodies physiologically react. Our emotions are “boundary setting goal-posts.”
THAT’S YOUR CUE TO SET COVID BOUNDARIES. When you feel conflicted; like you need to choose between the health of your relationship or personal and/or public safety. That’s when it’s time to LEAD.
When expressing our Covid Boundaries we have to be very strategic and intentional. These discussions are touchy for many, and do create some (unnecessary) social disharmony from time to time. We need to boldly redefine how we convey and accept love and care, to gently wrap the truth in explicit compassion and mutual understanding.
Lead with grace.
Appreciate and understand.
“I appreciate that ..., I understand that ..., and I with that ..., but...”
Express how you feel.
Use an it-makes-me-feel statement.
“It makes me feel...”
Address your boundaries.
Make it crystal clear and direct.
“(short, concise boundary statement)”
Deliver care.
Wrap-it in empathy and love.
“(heart-felt reason & hope for the future)”
The conversations we avoid are the ones worth having. Uncomfortable conversations are stepping-stones to saving lives.
If you want to do something right now, we suggest simply making the promise. The promise is a symbol of your commitment, and a way to visibly show your social circle that you are taking the pandemic seriously. By being a leader within your social circle you can help to annihilate COVID-19 by influencing the world in ways that make us all safer. You have more reach and influence that you may realize.
Already signed the promise, and want to have a larger impact?
Check out The MakeGoodTogether Coalition and join the discussion.