454 Dread Family Gatherings? Boundary Tips for More Peace + Less Stress
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever found yourself stuck in conversation hell at a family gathering?
Maybe you have a nosy aunt who loves asking you super personal questions you don't want to answer. Or a cousin who manages to dump all their problems on you at every party.
Enough! Let's get you some strategies and scripts to create better conversational boundaries! You can keep these in your back pocket for if and when these awkward situations arise, so you can enjoy your family gatherings and avoid conversation hell!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of The Terry Cole Show. |
| 0:04.4 | That I want to start with a question. |
| 0:06.6 | Do you ever get stuck in conversation hell with family members at gatherings or parties |
| 0:13.8 | or holiday get-together where they're asking your personal questions that you don't want |
| 0:18.9 | to answer or on the flip side where they're dumping all of their problems or all of their |
| 0:23.9 | BS on you in the middle of the holiday gathering? |
| 0:27.4 | Anybody? |
| 0:28.4 | You're out in your head then this episode is for you because in today's episode I'm |
| 0:32.9 | going to be giving you some strategies to create better boundaries when interacting with |
| 0:38.7 | family in particular but also close friends when you are out of gathering and I'm sharing |
| 0:43.9 | scripts that you can use to strengthen your boundaries which in turn creates better relationships |
| 0:49.8 | and in the guide that goes along with this episode you're going to have these scripts |
| 0:53.9 | that you can have right in your back pocket so you will have the words when you need them |
| 0:58.1 | most so I just want to take a moment as I always do at the top of the show to honestly |
| 1:03.5 | and sincerely say wow thank you so much for hanging out with me I just super appreciated. |
| 1:09.7 | I love doing this and I love that you guys keep coming back episode after episode it really |
| 1:15.1 | truly does mean the world to me and if you want to support the show it helps me so much |
| 1:19.4 | if you rate review or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts so I love to also highlight |
| 1:26.8 | our reviews so thank you keeping things more simple for the five store review that says |
| 1:32.7 | best podcast and best book Boundary Boss has paved the way for a new me it's open my |
| 1:37.6 | perspective in finding my truth this podcast is medicine for the soul thank you that is |
| 1:44.1 | so incredibly nice keeping things more simple I super appreciate you taking the time to |
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