544 5 Signs of Disordered Family Boundaries
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Is it difficult for you to say "no" to your parents, draw a boundary with a sibling, or set a limit with a cousin, aunt, or uncle?
Do you struggle to share your preferences, limits, desires, or deal-breakers with some of the people in your family?
If the answer is "yes," this episode is for you. I am talking about the different kinds of disordered boundaries we often have in our families of origin and giving you ideas on how to get proactive so you can release yourself from these frustrating situations.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. |
| 0:04.3 | I want to start with a question. |
| 0:06.7 | Do you have problems drawing boundaries in your family of origin? |
| 0:12.4 | With your aging parents, with your siblings? |
| 0:15.9 | Is it hard for you, even if it might be, easier for you to do it at work or in your actual |
| 0:21.8 | life the family you've created now, but do you still find that it's difficult to do it |
| 0:26.6 | with your family of origin? |
| 0:28.2 | If you're not in your head, yes, then this episode is for you, my friend, and you're |
| 0:32.4 | not alone. |
| 0:33.4 | Can I say that much? |
| 0:35.2 | Because I get so many questions. |
| 0:36.6 | I would say the issue of boundaries, healthy boundaries, with family of origin is probably |
| 0:43.5 | equal to the amount of questions I get about boundaries and romantic relationships. |
| 0:49.4 | So people struggle with this mightily because of the way that we were trained, because |
| 0:54.6 | of the way that we were raised. |
| 0:56.4 | So we'll get into it, but before we do it, I just want to say, oh, hi, friends. |
| 1:01.2 | Thank you guys for being here. |
| 1:03.0 | I really do appreciate you hanging out with me because you could be doing a lot of different |
| 1:07.1 | things. |
| 1:08.1 | But the fact that you thought, hmm, I feel like hanging out with Terry just really brightens |
| 1:12.7 | my day. |
| 1:13.8 | So if you love the show, if you want to support it, it really does help us immensely. |
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