Welcome to another episode of The Terry Cole Show.

I am so psyched that you are spending some time with me today and I just want to take a moment to

thank you for being here because I know that you have so many amazing different options for good

podcast to listen to and the fact that you're here tuning in with me really does mean the world to

me. So thank you so much. If you love the show and you want to support it it helps us immensely.

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Here's a quick shout out to Sabrina who left her review which I so appreciate. She said,

finding your book and podcast has been life changing. I'm so thankful to have found your podcast

and have recently finished your book. I'm going back through each chapter and working through

the go deeper sections in the back at a slower, more in-depth pace about a journal just for boundary

boss work. I can't tell you how much this material is helping me grow and establish healthier

boundaries in every area of my life. I am so tired of living with disordered boundaries and with

the information and insight you provide in your book and podcast. I'm becoming the boundary boss.

I've always wanted to be many thanks. Oh well thanks Sabrina. I super appreciate you.

So I want to start this episode by asking you a couple of questions. Are you the person that

everybody comes to when they're in a gym? Are you highly capable? Do you find yourself over

functioning in your relationships? In today's episode I'm going to break down the difference between

over under and optional functioning. I'm going to break down the characteristics of high

functioning codependency and I'm going to give you some steps you can take to have better boundaries

and self-care.

This is the Terry Cole show and as you might have guessed I'm your host Terry Cole. For over two

decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist, love and boundaries expert and I'm also the founder

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