Boundaries That Complement Healing

Journaling to honor your needs, protect your energy, and restore your balance

Explore the space between self-protection and self-connection. Through embodied reflection and gentle writing prompts, learn to listen to your body’s signals, honor your needs without guilt, and discover that true boundaries are bridges—not walls—to deeper peace and authenticity.

1. What do ‘boundaries’ mean to you, and why are they important?

How can your boundaries serve as self-respect and protection? What helps you stay connected to your true self?

2. Where do you feel most drained in your life right now? What could this feedback be trying to tell you about your boundaries?

Exhaustion can be a messenger if we are open to listening to the wisdom of our body. What messages are you receiving?

3. How could your relationships shift if you began expressing your needs rather than remaining silent?

Imagine allowing others to meet the real you and write without censorship.

4. How could your life look a year from now if your boundaries were grounded in trust, rather than fear?

Allow your imagination to run wild. Anything is possible.

Personal Sustainability

Sarah Cannata

Writing to help people live their truth

Sarah Cannata is the creator of Storytelling for the Soul. She uses journaling and body-based practices to support women in midlife and beyond with their everyday struggles. Her work is grounded in lived experience, deep exploration, and a commitment to safe, trauma-informed support. In addition to being a journalist, she is a certified Embodied Processing Practitioner. Embodied processing is a body-based approach to working with trauma.