Nataliey BitatureEmpowering Africa's Next Generation: Leadership, Innovation, and Impact with Dr Nataliey.

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8 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube talk by Nataliey Bitature about the importance of setting personal boundaries within African, community-oriented culture. The speaker recounts being introduced to the book 'Boundaries' by Dr. Henry Cloud about 15 years ago, describes long-term effort to develop boundaries, and emphasizes protecting personal space and energy to individuate and sustain a life that makes sense for you.

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Talk about a lot yet we really should. In our African culture we're so enmeshed into each other's lives. The way we're community oriented is a wonderful thing but also it comes with a huge lack of boundaries. My first mentor, one of the first books she ever made me read was this book called boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud. And I was very surprised, I was very. It really related with me. I was very shocked that this is like a thing when I read the book this was like maybe 15 years ago so I've had a lot of time to work on boundaries. It's not easy but I do tell you it's totally worth it. It's such an important thing in your life to be able to protect your space and your energy. It gives you space to individuate, to know what you're really thinking, why you do what you do, why you want, what you want and how to like sustain your life in a way that makes sense for you.