Buy now to get the main key ideas from Melissa Urban's The Book of Boundaries You need healthy boundaries to have a healthy life. In The Book of Boundaries, life coach Melissa Urban offers a comprehensive guide to setting and maintaining boundaries. She covers boundary-setting with family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, romantic partners, and even ex-spouses, emphasizing the importance of clear and kind communication. Urban also addresses setting boundaries around food and alcohol consumption, particularly in social situations. She provides real-life examples and practical tips for anyone looking to improve their relationships and personal well-being through effective boundary-setting.

This is a companion workbook to Boundaries in Marriage that is filled with self-tests, questions, and applications.

Polarizing images of authoritarian, socialist or culturalist otherness compromise analyses of the Chinese state. Still, such images produce effects beyond academia when they inform performances of the boundaries between state and non-state. This book shows how performative boundary work leads to contrasting judgements that decide about support and access to resources. In an ecological village in Sichuan, citizen participation in food networks and bureaucracy signaled Western liberalism, Maoism or traditional rural culture for different audiences. Attention to the multiplicity of performed state boundaries helps China studies and political anthropology to understand such diverging classifications – and how they sometimes co-exist without causing tensions.

The drawing of boundaries has always been a key part of the Jewish tradition and has served to maintain a distinctive Jewish identity. At the same time, these boundaries have consistently been subject to negotiation, transgression and contestation. The increasing fragmentation of Judaism into competing claims to membership, from Orthodox adherence to secular identities, has brought striking new dimensions to this complex interplay of boundaries and modes of identity and belonging in contemporary Judaism. Boundaries, Identity and Belonging in Modern Judaism addresses these new dimensions, bringing together experts in the field to explore the various and fluid modes of expressing and defining Jewish identity in the modern world. Its interdisciplinary scholarship opens new perspectives on the prominent questions challenging scholars in Jewish Studies. Beyond simply being born Jewish, observance of Judaism has become a lifestyle choice and active assertion. Addressing the demographic changes brought by population mobility and ‘marrying out,’ as well as the complex relationships between Israel and the Diaspora, this book reveals how these shifting boundaries play out in a global context, where Orthodoxy meets innovative ways of defining and acquiring Jewish identity. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of Jewish Studies, as well as general Religious Studies and those interested in the sociology of belonging and identities.

This book, originally published in 1986, shows the importance of geography in international power politics and shows how geopolitical thought influences policy-making and action. It considers the various elements within international power politics such as ideologies, territorial competition and spheres of influences, and shows how geographical considerations are crucial to each element. It considers the effects of distance on global power politics and explores how the geography of international communication and contact and the geography of economic and social patterns change over time and affect international power balances.

Boundaries are the ways we communicate our needs. They are what allow us to feel safe among strangers, in everyday interactions, and in our closest relationships. When we have healthy boundaries, we have a strong foundation in an uncertain world. And when someone crosses your boundaries, or you cross someone else's, the results range from unsettling to catastrophic. In this book, bestselling author Dr. Faith Harper offers a full understanding of issues of boundaries and consent, how we can communicate and listen more effectively, and how to survive and move on from situations where our boundaries are violated. Along the way, you'll learn when and how to effectively say "no" (and "yes"), troubleshoot conflict, recognize abuse, and respect your own and others' boundaries like a pro. You'll be amazed at how much these skills improve your relationships with friends, strangers, coworkers, and loved ones.

Recent research has considered how changing imperial contexts influence conceptions of Jewishness among ruling elites (esp. Eckhardt, Ethnos und Herrschaft, 2013). This study integrates other, often marginal, conceptions with elite perspectives. It uses the ethnic boundary making model, an empirically based sociological model, to link macro-level characteristics of the social field with individual agency in ethnic construction. It uses a wide range of written sources as evidence for constructions of Jewishness and relates these to a local-specific understanding of demographic and institutional characteristics, informed by material culture. The result is a diachronic study of how institutional changes under Seleucid, Hasmonean, and Early Roman rule influenced the ways that members of the ruling elite, retainer class, and marginalized groups presented their preferred visions of Jewishness. These sometimes-competing visions advance different strategies to maintain, rework, or blur the boundaries between Jews and others. The study provides the next step toward a thick description of Jewishness in antiquity by introducing needed systematization for relating written sources from different social strata with their contexts.

"Boundaries Redefined: Revealing Effective Ways to Set and Maintain Personal Limits" is a comprehensive guide that empowers readers to establish and uphold healthy boundaries in their lives. Setting boundaries can be challenging, but it's an essential practice for maintaining healthy relationships and taking care of one's own needs. In this book, you will discover a wealth of effective strategies for setting boundaries that will help you navigate various situations. The chapters provide a step-by-step approach to boundary-setting, covering a range of essential topics: Chapter 1: Be clear and direct Chapter 2: Start small Chapter 3: Stay firm Chapter 4: Be consistent Chapter 5: Take care of yourself Chapter 6: Seek support Chapter 7: Be specific Chapter 8: Use positive language Chapter 9: Consider your nonverbal communication Chapter 10: Be open to negotiation Chapter 11: Practice self-care Chapter 12: Be mindful of your own behavior Chapter 13: Set consequences Chapter 14: Don't apologize Chapter 15: Be proactive Chapter 16: Stay calm Chapter 17: Communicate your boundaries in writing Chapter 18: Use positive reinforcement Chapter 19: Set boundaries with yourself Chapter 20: Prioritize your needs Chapter 21: Don't make excuses Chapter 22: Be mindful of your body language Chapter 23: Be patient Chapter 24: Celebrate your progress Chapter 25: Avoid engaging in arguments Chapter 26: Practice saying "no" Chapter 27: Be willing to walk away Chapter 28: Use visualization techniques Chapter 29: Be respectful of others' boundaries Chapter 30: Use a supportive mantra Chapter 31: Set boundaries before conflicts arise Chapter 32: Create a plan Chapter 33: Be aware of your own triggers Chapter 34: Practice empathy Chapter 35: Avoid engaging in power struggles Chapter 36: Practice self-reflection 37: Know when to seek professional help Chapter 38: Take responsibility for your own actions Chapter 39: Take small steps outside of your comfort zone Chapter 40: Be mindful of your emotions Chapter 41: Stay positive in the face of resistance. Through these chapters, you will gain valuable insights, practical tips, and real-life examples to help you navigate the intricacies of boundary-setting. You will learn to communicate your needs assertively, deal with resistance, prioritize self-care, and create and maintain healthy relationships. "Boundaries Redefined" emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries as an act of self-care and self-respect. By implementing the strategies outlined in this book, you will be empowered to improve your relationships, reduce stress and anxiety, and create a more fulfilling and satisfying life. Remember, setting boundaries is an ongoing process that requires patience, persistence, and self-awareness. With this book as your guide, you will embark on a transformative journey toward setting and maintaining healthy boundaries in all areas of your life.

Mathematical Modelling of Solids with Nonregular Boundaries demonstrates the use of asymptotic methods and other analytical techniques for investigating problems in solid mechanics. Applications to solids with nonregular boundaries are described in detail, providing precise and rigorous treatment of current methods and techniques. The book addresses problems in fracture mechanics of inhomogeneous media and illustrates applications in strength analysis and in geophysics. The rigorous approach allows the reader to explicitly analyze the stress-strain state in continuous media with cavities or inclusions, in composite materials with small defects, and in elastic solids with sharp inclusions. Effective asymptotic procedures for eigenvalue problems in domains with small defects are clearly outlined, and methods for analyzing singularly perturbed boundary value problems are examined. Introductory material is provided in the first chapter of Mathematical Modelling of Solids with Nonregular Boundaries, which presents a survey of relevant and necessary information, including equations of linear elasticity and formulations of the boundary value problems. Background information - in the form of definitions and general solutions - is also provided on elasticity problems in various bounded and unbounded domains. This book is an excellent resource for students, applied scientists, and engineers.

In the 21st century governments are increasingly focusing on designing ways and means of connecting across boundaries to achieve goals. Whether issues are complex and challenging – climate change, international terrorism, intergenerational poverty– or more straightforward - provision of a single point of entry to government or delivering integrated public services - practitioners and scholars increasingly advocate the use of approaches which require connections across various boundaries, be they organizational, jurisdictional or sectorial. Governments around the world continue to experiment with various approaches but still confront barriers, leading to a general view that there is considerable promise in cross boundary working, but that this is often unfulfilled. This book explores a variety of topics in order to create a rich survey of the international experience of cross-boundary working. The book asks fundamental questions such as: What do we mean by the notion of crossing boundaries? Why has this emerged? What does cross boundary working involve? What are the critical enablers and barriers? By scrutinizing these questions, the contributing authors examine: the promise; the barriers; the enablers; the enduring tensions; and the potential solutions to cross-boundary working. As such, this will be an essential read for all those involved with public administration, management and policy.