{"id":8986,"date":"2021-02-08T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8986"},"modified":"2022-09-10T20:05:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:05:29","slug":"choose-and-hold-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/choose-and-hold-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose and Hold Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clients are experiencing new stressors when working from home. \u00a0A recent client was struggling with separating work time from family time.\u00a0 After they finished their work for the day, they continued getting phone calls from someone wanting something.\u00a0 It was easy to step back over to their computer and take care of it.\u00a0 Within a few months they were working 12 hours a day. \u00a0What are the boundaries?\u00a0 What is the workday schedule? <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8987 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Choose-and-Hold-Boundaries-.jpg\" alt=\"Choose and Hold Boundaries\" width=\"195\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Choose-and-Hold-Boundaries-.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Choose-and-Hold-Boundaries--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Choose-and-Hold-Boundaries--80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Choose-and-Hold-Boundaries--470x352.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries is a common challenge.\u00a0 When there is a call or email with a last-minute request, what are the options? \u00a0If it is after work hours, is carrying the phone or checking email a requirement? \u00a0What happens if working all evening is unrealistic?<\/p>\n<p>Imagine exploring this with a client.\u00a0 Consider these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can you set boundaries for yourself?<\/li>\n<li>When is it time for you to focus on work?<\/li>\n<li>When is your time?<\/li>\n<li>What are your options for managing when people can contact you?<\/li>\n<li>What are your options for deferring after-hours requests?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coaching.html\">Coaching<\/a> is an amazing opportunity for clients to consider what boundaries they want in place, how to set them, and how to maintain.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, many coaches are deciding their own boundaries.\u00a0 Reflect on what work hours make sense and how you will manage your schedule, so you have balance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clients are experiencing new stressors when working from home. \u00a0A recent client was struggling with separating work time from family time.\u00a0 After they finished their &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[470,471,16,40],"tags":[1352,50,319,1353,1355,1354],"class_list":["post-8986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-resources","category-coaching-skills","category-coaching-stories","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-boundaries","tag-coaching","tag-healthy","tag-stressors","tag-work","tag-yourself","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8988,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8986\/revisions\/8988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}