Learn to set clear, confident boundaries that protect your energy, strengthen relationships, and help you show up as your best self.
About the experience:
Boundaries are essential for speaking up, protecting yourself, and building healthy relationships. Yet, setting them can feel difficult and uncomfortable. In a world that often validates self-sacrifice, saying no can be one of the hardest things to do.
However, boundaries are crucial for maintaining well-being and preventing burnout. When pleasing others to avoid conflict becomes a priority, we can end up overworked, unheard, frustrated, and alone. Setting boundaries isn’t selfish—it ensures we have the energy to sustain ourselves and show up fully in our lives.
Boundaries protect our time, energy, and resources from those who take too much. They prevent us from becoming pushovers and allow us to decide when to give and when we’ve reached our limit. When we repeatedly allow others to cross our boundaries, we unconsciously reinforce the belief that our needs are less important, which takes a significant toll on our mental health.
You’ve likely heard the advice: "You need stronger boundaries." But how do you actually set and maintain them?
This workshop may help you:
✨ Understand what boundaries are and why they’re essential.
✨ Identify why setting them can feel so difficult.
✨ Explore the societal conditioning that makes boundary-setting challenging.
✨ Learn how to define and communicate boundaries effectively.
✨ Recognize when boundaries are being crossed.
At the end of the workshop, participant's will have the opportunity to practice setting and holding boundaries in a safe, supportive space—allowing them to notice what comes up and develop confidence in asserting their needs.
About your facilitator - Kiara Jade @kiarajaderelationships
Kiara Jade’s mission is to help humanity heal their relationships with themselves and others. She is a relationship and self-worth coach, as well as a social worker with ten years of experience supporting people in the mental health and relationship fields. She is the author of Healthy Relating: Navigating Conflict in Relationships and host of the Heal Your Heart, Heal Your Life podcast. Kiara’s thought-provoking style will inspire you to question your own relationship patterns and gain insight into healing. Her perspective is unique, as she seamlessly weaves the psychological with the spiritual to support healing on a deeper level.
Things to note:
Centre of You has plenty of bolsters, blankets, and cushions for you to get cosy with. We recommend wearing comfortable, loose clothes to enable deep breathing and sitting/laying upon the floor with ease. Something to cover your eyes, if you wish to do so (eg. eye mask, scarf). A journal is recommended as are any familiar personal items that will aid you in feeling grounded (crystal, teddy, scarf, etc).
Personal responsibility: Please make an assessment on whether you are feeling stable and resourced enough to explore the practices on offer in this event.
Notice of Partial Moment Amateur Photography/Videography: There are many events held at Centre of You where no content is captured. The facilitator of this event however wishes to capture moments of this gathering for future marketing and community-sharing purposes. This will take place via their personal device captured by themselves or a representative. We recognise that being recorded can impact personal comfort and nervous system regulation and we want to honor your preferences. If you do not wish to have your image captured yet still wish to join, know that this is entirely possible at this event. Please speak with us at the door so we can honour your boundaries. If you’d like to review any footage captured at the conclusion of the event, you are most welcome to do so. As the facilitators are capturing moments at this event, you also may do so if the desire arises.
Arrival: Endeavour to arrive between 6:15pm - 6:30pm. To preserve the experience for all involved, doors will close at 6:45pm. Truly, it breaks our heart to have to turn latecomers away yet the disruption to the whole group experience by virtue of lateness does require management. We ask that you find understanding and consideration for the timebound nature of the container and make every effort to arrive on time.
Driving: Know Centre of You is on Chapel St and ample time to find a car spot is best to be factored into your plans. Park direct on Chapel St (spots unmetered after 5pm) or in Anchor Place, the open-air parking lot in the side street that runs opposite Centre of You (unmetered after 4pm).
Public transport - tram: Both the number 6 tram & 78 tram stop on the corner of High St/Chapel St. This is stop 31 on the number 6 tram (Moreland/Glen Iris) & stop 45 on the number 78 tram (North Richmond/Balaclava).
Public transport - train: Both Prahran & Windsor stations along the Sandringham Line will get you walking distance to Centre of You.
Finding Centre of You: Centre of You is nestled within the arcade that Chapel St Bazaar is in (217 Chapel St). It is up a flight of stairs with a wide landing at the half-way-point. Unfortunately, this current version of Centre of You does not have a wheelchair accessible lift. If you could use support in getting up the stairs or would like to discuss ways to make your experience at Centre of You more comfortable, please reach out via hello@centreofyou.com.au or via DM over on Centre of You Instagram.
Accessibility: At COY we aim to ensure our community and events are inclusive and accessible while alongside upholding the needs and responsibilities of our business and the businesses of our collaborating facilitators. Should you be in a time of financial challenge and unable to pay the full ticket price comfortably, please reach out via hello@centreofyou.com.au or via DM over on Centre of You Instagram
Ticketing T&Cs: We get it, life happens, therefore we will gladly refund you up until 24hrs before the event start time. After that, we have a strict no refund/no transfer to future events policy. If you are no longer able to attend and wish to pay forward your ticket to someone within the community, be in touch via hello@centreofyou.com.au or via DM over on Centre of You Instagram.
Questions? Email hello@centreofyou.com.au or reach out via Instagram DM.
Tickets: $40.00 early bird, $55.00 general exchange.