Building Healthy Boundaries with Nedra Tawwab

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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One of the hardest, and most important, parts of creating great relationships is setting healthy boundaries with other people. Boundaries expert Nedra Glover Tawwab joins the show to explore how we can trust our instincts, work through codependency, and build better boundaries. About Our Guest: Nedra has been a therapist for 13 years, and focuses on helping people build better relationships by teaching them how to implement healthy boundaries. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Psychology Today, Self, and Vice, and she’s the author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, on sale now. You also might have encountered Nedra’s work on Instagram, where she has an extremely popular page that shares wonderful content. Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts including Nedra during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now. Key Topics: 1:40: What drew Nedra to her work on boundaries. 4:25: Early signs that your boundaries are strong or flimsy. 6:20: Honoring the needs of children. 8:45: Trusting your instincts. 11:40: Codependency. 13:05: How healthy boundaries support intimate relationships. 15:15: Distinctions between different kinds of boundaries 17:20: Working with feelings of selfishness. 19:45: Walking through a process of setting a boundary. 23:30: Anxiety associated with setting boundaries. 26:00: Dealing with people who won’t change. 30:40: Self-esteem and self-worth. 35:55: Fear and guilt. 39:50: Teaching people that boundaries are okay. 44:30: Respecting the boundaries of other people. 46:30: Accepting and letting go. 51:00: Creating healthy internal boundaries. 54:00: A message to your younger self. Forrest has a new YouTube channel! Subscribe to the channel, and watch his newest video over there. Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson. If you're new to the podcast, this is
0:12.2	where we explore the practical science of Last and Well beer. And if you've listened before,
0:16.8	welcome back. One of the hardest and most important parts of creating a great relationship
0:22.2	is setting boundaries with other people. These boundaries benefit us, yes of course,
0:26.8	but they can also help us build healthier relationships. To help us learn how to do that,
0:31.1	I'm very excited to welcome a wonderful therapist and relationship expert to the show,
0:35.7	Nedra Glover to Wob. Nedra has been practicing therapy for 13 years and focuses on helping people build
0:42.0	better relationships by teaching them how to implement those healthy boundaries. Her work has been
0:46.6	featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Psychology Today, Self and Vice, and she's the author
0:52.1	of Set Boundaries, Filing to Peace, which went on sale March 16th. It provides an array of powerful
0:58.2	practices for building great relationships. You also might have encountered Nedra's work on
1:03.2	Instagram, where she has over 800,000 followers. I am one of them, and she also shares a variety
1:09.3	of wonderful suggestions and tips focused on setting boundaries and building stronger relationships.
1:14.9	So Nedra, it's a pleasure to have you here today. How are you doing?
1:17.9	I am well. Thank you so much for that warm welcome.
1:21.3	Well, thank you. Yeah, honestly, it's great to have you. I've bumped my head into your work
1:26.2	regularly over the last year or so, where as I said, I follow you on Instagram. It is a great platform
1:31.4	for you. You put out awesome stuff. And I would just love to start by kind of asking you what drew
1:36.3	you to this territory specifically focused on boundaries? So many things. Well, thank
1:42.0	personally, I grew up in a family and I always wonder, wow, if we would have told this person,
1:49.5	no, how would that have turned out? So I didn't know what, you know, I didn't know what boundaries
1:56.4	were. And even when I was setting them, I didn't know if they were. I didn't have the language for it,
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