566 Conversational Boundary Scripts For Tricky Social Situations
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Are there particular people at family, work, or friend gatherings you would rather avoid?
Is it painful to interact with them because they ask intrusive questions or love to complain?
Or do you simply find social gatherings tricky to navigate?
Whether you are attending family gatherings, friend celebrations, or holiday work parties, in this episode I am giving you a few ways to get out of seemingly impossible social situations.
If you feel stuck between not wanting to answer a deeply personal question and not wanting to seem 'rude,' I have scripts for you. And if you are tired of people who tell inappropriate jokes or make rude comments, I have you covered there, too.
Ultimately, this is about your right to be selective about whom you share information with and focus on how you want to feel in these situations.
Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/566
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show that I want to start with a question. |
| 0:05.0 | Seine us how it's the time of year that we are gathering with lots and lots of people. |
| 0:10.0 | Is there one family member that you dreadsing because they just can't stop themselves from just diving into your personal life or just navigating a family gathering feel like an obstacle course when you're trying to avoid getting sucked into draining conversations or conversations |
| 0:25.2 | with people who are racist or misogynistic or homophobic. |
| 0:28.6 | Anybody? |
| 0:29.6 | Well, in today's episode, I'm talking about how to get out of seemingly impossible social |
| 0:34.9 | situations, navigating inappropriate comments or jokes with quotes around it, and |
| 0:40.3 | really protecting yourself and your right to not divulge information that you're not comfortable sharing. |
| 0:45.3 | So I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you before we get into it. |
| 0:50.0 | I love that you guys are here. |
| 0:51.5 | There's a million other things you could be doing but the fact that you guys are here. There's a million other things you could be doing |
| 0:54.3 | but the fact that you're taking me with you, maybe you are doing other things. I'm happy to go along |
| 0:58.4 | for the ride. So thank you because it really does mean the world to me that you listen and that you like the show, that you're the reason I do it. |
| 1:05.0 | So if you want to support the show, it helps me so much if you would rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. |
| 1:11.0 | I also want to say thank you to Scott's Girl 11 for this five-star review of the Terry Cole show. |
| 1:18.0 | It's called Life Changing. |
| 1:20.0 | Love Terry's podcast and YouTube videos. |
| 1:22.0 | Every one of them has life-changing content |
| 1:24.3 | that is helping me to create healthy boundaries |
| 1:26.8 | and therefore reduce resentment and talk true each and every day. |
| 1:30.2 | Thank you. |
| 1:31.2 | Wow, I love that so much, Scott's Girl 11. Thank you. Wow, I love that so much. |
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