On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, everyone.

I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we have Julie Bonn-Blank. How are you?

I am excellent. Thank you. I hope all is well with you as well and your listeners.

Well, thank you for being here. And for those that don't know who you are, you are a certified DV advocate, and you work

at Arms, which is the Abuse Recovery Ministry Service.

You are the Women's Ministry and Education Director there, and Arms has services that are in

Oregon, but you also have programs that are nationwide and international as well. And today we are going to be discussing

boundaries. We are going to be discussing healthy versus unhealthy relationships. And before we

begin, I just want to give a big content warning on this episode. We do discuss physical abuse in this episode. We discuss

sexual abuse in this episode, sexual assault in this episode, and we also talk about animal

abuse in this episode as well. And to begin with, I'm going to give the definition of boundaries. And boundaries are an imaginary

line that separate me from you. It separates your physical space, your feelings, needs, and

responsibilities from others. Your boundaries also tell other people how they can treat you,

what's acceptable and what isn't. And without boundaries,

people may take advantage of you because you haven't set limits about how you expect to be treated.

Also, many of the things that we will be talking about today when it comes to setting boundaries

are for healthy and unhealthy relationships. However, if you don't think you can set a

boundary due to concerns for your emotional or physical safety, if you are in an abusive

relationship where that is a real concern, keep yourself safe and do try to reach out to your

local agencies, your national domestic violence hotline,

an online support group, or friends or family that you trust for help. So now that we have discussed

what a boundary is, Julie, help us define what a healthy versus unhealthy relationship looks and feels like.

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