Nedra Glover Tawwab on How to Set Boundaries

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Nedra Glover Tawwab is a New York Times bestselling author, licensed therapist, and sought-after relationship expert. Nedra helps people create healthy relationships by teaching them how to implement boundaries. In this episode, Nedra and Eric discuss her book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Nedra Glover Tawwab and I Discuss How to Set Boundaries and … Her book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Boundaries are defined as something needed to feel comfortable in relationships and in life Her exploration of boundaries in her work and personal life How the things that we keep talking about likely need boundaries The importance of setting boundaries early in relationships Being yourself and honoring your own boundaries Porous boundaries are when we are passive and afraid to express them Rigid boundaries are when boundaries become walls Healthy boundaries have flexibility based on different situations How setting boundaries can be uncomfortable but necessary Healthy and unhealthy approaches to setting boundaries The 3 steps to set a boundary: be clear, be direct, and deal with your discomfort Working through conflicting boundaries with others The difference between ultimatums and threats Nedra Glover Tawwab Links: Nedra’s Website Instagram Facebook Upstart: The fast and easy way to get a personal loan to consolidate, lower your interest rate, and pay off your debt. Go to www.upstart.com/wolf If you enjoyed this conversation with Nedra Glover Tawwab, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Conversations for Radical Alignment with Alex Jamieson and Bob Gower Being Heart Minded with Sarah Blondin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is really important to think about how this boundary might be received, but what's more important is to figure out just how to say it.
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0:19.1	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:29.3	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:33.6	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:38.3	We see what we don't have, instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
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