Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader,

and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.

This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply

spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming, working,

or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy,

I am praying for you and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go. If you are a woman who struggles with boundaries,

I don't think it's because you're weak. If I'm being honest, I think our entire culture has been confusing us for our whole

lives about what's appropriate. Where can we draw lines? Where do we end and where to other people

begin? What and who are we responsible for? And how open do our boundaries need to be to be seen as loving,

kind, strong, independent, or available? We hear these varying messages, overtly and subtly

taught in secular culture, but also inside Christian culture. So whether you love to talk about boundaries,

you have no idea how to say no,

or even if you're unsure if this entire conversation is biblical,

come on in.

I won't be teaching you.

I don't want to become one more voice telling you what to do,

but I will share what I've learned.

And together,

I hope we can hold it all up to God to see what he might have to say to us.

All right, pals, let's jump on in. We're talking about boundaries, saying no and staying soft.

So I thought maybe at the beginning of this episode, it might be really helpful

if we kind of make at least one definition. What do we mean when we say boundary? So I'm going to

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