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🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Setting boundaries can sound easy in theory. But trying to implement boundaries when your nervous system is fried and you're knee-deep in a conversation that’s going off the rails is a whole different story. At times it can feel impossible, but with the right tools, anyone can become good at it.
In part two of this series, Justin and Abi get personal about the real-life messiness of learning to set and hold boundaries in romantic relationships. They talk about how unresolved childhood patterns shaped their earliest conflicts, how compassion without boundaries created chaos, and how learning to communicate needs around capacity, time, and space helped protect their connection. They also open up about the painful trial-and-error of figuring out what respect looks like in practice—not just in intention.
If you've ever felt guilty for needing space, afraid to disappoint someone, or confused about how to set boundaries without creating more distance—this episode is for you. You won’t want to miss out.
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0:00.0 | Life isn't perfect, and neither are we. |
0:05.6 | No, but we know how to face our fears and have some fun. |
0:09.7 | And talk about all the messiest things of life. |
0:13.1 | Like the messiest things. |
0:14.7 | Get connected to yourself, get connected to others, and get connected to the life right in front of you. |
0:21.7 | This is the connected life with Justin and Abby. |
0:24.7 | That's me. |
0:25.5 | That's you. |
0:26.6 | And you. |
0:27.6 | Do you remember that one time where you literally just left without me? |
0:33.8 | I, no. |
0:35.5 | Do you remember? |
0:37.1 | I don't actually, no. I remember remember? I don't act. |
0:38.1 | No. |
0:39.2 | I remember you were in the car and you were concerned about how late we were. |
0:45.8 | Uh-huh. |
0:46.6 | And then you just left, left me in the dust. |
0:50.1 | No, I don't think that's how that happened. |
0:52.8 | No, there's more to this story. |
0:54.4 | I'm pretty sure that's exactly how this story went. |
0:56.4 | No, no, no, no. |
0:57.4 | I did not like it. |
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