Figure 1. A Comparison of Maslow's (1943) hierarchy of needs and Levin's boundary pyramid (Levin, 2020).

An exploration of setting healthy personal boundaries as a veterinary professional. Part 2: how to set and maintain personal boundaries

Figure 1 shows a comparison between Maslow's hierarchy of needs (Maslow, 1943) and Levin's boundary pyramid (Levin, 2020). Our survival may depend on our ‘bottom line’ boundaries being met. As our...

Figure 1. The constant feedback loop between our environment and our behaviour. The figure shows how, given a specific environment/situation we will have particular emotions and feelings based on how a situation meets or does not meet our needs. This information is interpreted by our brains and will result in a behaviour. Our behaviour will result in a change in environment and the cycle will then start anew. Adapted from Rosenberg's (2015) non-violent model of communication.

An exploration of setting healthy personal boundaries as a veterinary professional – part 1: at work and beyond

Personal boundaries are the emotional and behavioural metaphorical walls that we need to maintain healthy relationships with ourselves, other people and our environment. We need to set a boundary when...