The seventh monthly seminar under the banner, ‘Conscientia’, was based on the topic ‘Boundary Management’ and it talked about making and maintaining boundaries in one’s relationships. Given that it is very difficult to establish margins in a relationship without either or both the parties getting hurt, we decided that this is an important topic that our audience should know about.
The speaker for the session was Dr. Soumya Moguram, who specializes in anesthesiology and is currently doing her Senior Residency at NIMS hospital, Hyderabad. From her past experiences and the knowledge that she has gained from various workshops, ma’am decided to give a talk on this topic.
The session began with the speaker defining what a boundary is in a relationship in a broad and psychological sense, and what it meant to have a boundary for oneself. The speaker then moved on to address what boundaries are like in different areas of one’s life, and why people generally fail to develop boundaries for themselves. After this, the consequences of failing to develop boundaries in relationships were outlined such as ‘Codependency’, ‘Depression’, ‘Identity Confusion’ etc. This was followed up with suggestions on how to naturally develop boundaries as your relationship grows, and steps to learn setting boundaries in all of one’s relationships.
Overall, the session was highly useful and well-attended, experiencing a count of 27 participants throughout.