The article explores the role of the Twelve Nidanas of dependent origination in fostering a lack of boundaries in individuals. It explains how ignorance, mental formations, consciousness, name and form, the six sense bases, contact, feeling, craving, clinging, becoming, birth, and old age and death all interact to perpetuate a cycle where individuals continuously prioritize the needs of others at the expense of their own well-being.

The article proposes effective strategies at each point of the Twelve Nidanas for cultivating self-awareness, emotional resilience, and overall well-being. It explains how developing an understanding of the importance of healthy boundaries and interdependence thorough reading, learning, and seeking out teachings on Buddhist principles can help to break the cycle of ignorance.

Mental formations can be transformed through the development of new habits and patterns of prioritizing ones needs, along with the needs of others through meditation, self-reflection, and cultivating self-compassion. Consciousness can be made more mindful of the need for healthy boundaries and recognizing when others may be crossing them through introspection and self-awareness practices.

In addition, cultivating a deeper understanding of ones own needs and personal space through introspection, self-reflection, and mindfulness practices that foster self-awareness can help in addressing name and form. Engaging in sensory experiences mindfully, setting healthy boundaries by saying no to situations that one knows is harmful to self and communicating ones own needs with empathy to address the six sense bases and contact.

Furthermore, developing a deeper understanding of ones emotions and cultivating skills for managing emotions through mindfulness and insight practices can be effective in addressing feelings. Recognizing the craving for validation and approval and developing a sense of self-worth that is not contingent on external factors through meditation, self-reflection, and self-compassion practices can help address craving and clinging.

Establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries by building emotional resilience and avoiding patterns that reinforce the cycle of craving and clinging can be effective in breaking the cycle of becoming. Developing a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle by periodically checking on the balance between own needs and the needs of others to maintain healthy boundaries can help address birth. Finally, avoiding burnout and emotional exhaustion by enforcing healthy boundaries in work and personal life thereby preserving physical, mental, and emotional well-being can help in addressing old age and death.