This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode. Well, hello and welcome to Hello Freedom. I'm your host Terry Cole.

So I get a phone call from my girlfriend and she was dying to tell me about this guy that she was dating and how he wouldn't call her on the phone.

That's how she put it. You can't see me but I'm air quoting though she he

wouldn't call her on the phone he was such a texter and how it was so rude and who

raised him and who does that and what's wrong with him and he's not a gentleman and all that

stuff and I just simply said oh hey Betty did you tell him that you would prefer to

talk on the phone and she was like well no I was like okay well why she was like

because he should know why should I have to tell him have you ever been in this

situation people have you ever been in this situation people?

But have you ever yourself been Betty in this situation?

Highly offended, super pissed off about something that you never even told the person your preference or what you felt like you never

drew a clear, succinct, transparent boundary. This is one of the ways that people wreck their relationships, which is by

not drawing a boundary, by not sharing a preference. So what am I talking about today? I'm going to cover

the three areas that you need to draw boundaries, that you need to have healthy

boundaries if you want your relationships to work.

All right?

All right.

So let's start with physical boundaries.

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