Boundaries is a word that comes up often in divorce-related discussions. Certainly, the changing nature of your relationship with your ex may make it apparent that it's time for new boundaries with them.

Dealing with friends and family members may also prompt you to re-examine your boundaries as you try to protect yourself from over-sharing or being told what you should and shouldn't be doing.

And then there's dating ... that experience may make you wonder if you ever had good boundaries to begin with or what has happened to everyone else's boundaries.

So what exactly are boundaries, how do they protect us, how can we change our boundaries and can boundaries ever hurt us?

My expert for this Conversation is divorce coach, Martha Bodyfelt who specializes in divorce recovery.

You can download Martha's Ultimate Divorce Recovery Guide at her website https://survivingyoursplit.com.

You'll find a guest post from Martha on boundaries at Mandy's blog - https://sincemydivorce.com/tired-getting-hurt-need-new-boundaries