Boundaries are an essential part of life and the skill of boundary setting is crucial to maintaining our emotional and overall wellbeing. Without boundary setting, we can easily fall victim to burnout. This is even more crucial as part of a 21st-century lifestyle when our personal, career, and family lives have become fast-paced as we all struggle to some degree with finding and maintaining a healthy balance in order to thrive.

The skill of setting healthy boundaries for ourselves has become even more paramount as we try and navigate our way through a global pandemic. As a result of living in a crisis, and being suspended in a growing era of uncertainty, together with the inevitable collapse of the boundaries between our private, academic and occupational selves, boundary setting has become a critical skill in managing our wellbeing in the midst of internal and external turmoil.

This workshop will aim to engage participants to think deeply about the ways in which they manage their everyday home and work lives. The workshop will focus on the types of boundaries and the importance of boundary setting. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences of boundary setting that has worked for them and we will look at some of the experiences that may not have been as successful. Finally, we will explore the skills and strategies in managing healthy boundaries within the current context of uncertainty.

Boundary setting can be understood as an act of respect to the self and others. In the current context of a global pandemic, where we are needing to care even more so for ourselves and others, the act of boundary setting can prove a crucial aspect in maintaining our mental health and wellbeing.

This will be a virtual workshop via MS Teams and all registered participants will receive the link closer to the date of the workshop.The workshop will take place on Friday, 7 May 2021 from 09:00 till 13:00 with intermediate breaks.

The registration process takes place on the Oracle system as step-by-step explained below.

• Log in onto “SUN-e-HR"
• Expand the “SUN Employee Self Service" tab
• Expand “Training and Development"
• Select “Learner Home"
• To the right of the screen under “Browse Catalog" select “More"
• Select “Human Resources"
• Select “Wellness" under “Sub Categories"
• Select “Boundary-setting in the workplace" under “Courses"
• Select “Boundary-setting in the workplace" under “Offerings"
• Select “Boundary-setting in the workplace (7 May 2021)" under “Classes"
• On the top right hand corner select “Enroll"
• On the top right hand corner select “Review"
• On the top right hand corner select “Submit"
  

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