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The Edgewater Toolkit
Toolkit Series · No. 04BoundariesFree Resource

Boundary Builder

Get clear about what you can control and how you will respond.

A practical worksheet for turning a vague frustration into one boundary you can state plainly and follow through on — including the difference between a request, a boundary, and a consequence.

6-page PDF · US Letter · print or fill digitally

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What this resource helps with.

  • Describing the behavior instead of the person
  • Separating what you can control from what you cannot
  • Wording a boundary you can actually keep
  • Planning your response if the boundary is ignored
Next step

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Edgewater Mediation Group provides these resources for general educational and conflict-resolution purposes. Edgewater Mediation Group is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.

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Tools help. Sometimes you need a person.

If the worksheet gets you part of the way, Edgewater can help with the rest — planning the conversation, mediating it, or designing the agreement.

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