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Motherkind

How to set and hold boundaries with boundary expert Melissa Urban

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8863 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This episode is with author Melissa Urban. Melissa is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author who specialises in helping people establish healthy boundaries. I recently read her book The book of boundaries: set the limits that will set you free. I loved this book so much - I just had to get her on the podcast. Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at ExCel London from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th March 2023. Use this LINK to get your ticket for just £16. @zoeblaskey - come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.0

Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Motherkind podcast. I'm your host, Zoe Blaskey,

0:52.8

and this is the show that is going to help you

0:54.8

navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more confidence, clarity and

1:01.4

self-awareness. This episode is all about boundaries, and boundaries are one of those things

1:07.9

I don't know about you that I constantly need reminding of and I'm always

1:13.3

practicing so often if I'm feeling knackered or resentful or stressed out more often than not it is a

1:22.2

boundary I need to set. So recently I picked up this book called The Book of Boundaries, Set the Limits

1:29.1

That Will Set You Free. The title obviously grabbed me. I devoured it. I think I read it in a

1:33.8

night and put it down, message the team and said, we have to get the author on the podcast. Melissa

1:40.8

Urban is a six-time New York Times bestselling author, and she specializes in helping people

1:46.9

establish healthy boundaries. There is so much that stood out for me in this episode that I know

1:53.2

you're going to love. The first one is we don't use boundaries to change another, but to communicate

1:58.5

our needs and our limits. And if you are thinking, what, I don't

2:03.0

understand, then listen on, because it's all going to make so much sense. The second thing I really

2:08.7

took from Melissa and her work-bound boundaries is that we need different levels of boundaries

2:14.8

in terms of how firmly we communicate and hold our boundaries. And she's

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