Nedra Tawwab - Bringing Depth And Boundaries To Your Relationship

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Talking point: relationships, communication, boundaries I am so honored to be talking to Nedra this week, whose work and words have helped untold numbers of people. Her work on boundaries balances firmness with kindness in a way that I find inspiring. If you're wondering how to be more assertive and have deeper communication in all your relationships, this is gonna be your episode. (00:00:00) - Intro and how closeness is measured by depth (00:09:39) - Emotional followthrough is critical (00:14:48) - How to invite others into deeper conversations and how men get trapped in problem-solving mode in relationships (00:27:31) - Do men and women approach boundaries differently? (00:33:41) - Nedra’s take on what men miss with women in communication (00:45:56) - How much does our family system impact our ability to have boundaries? (00:50:11) - Nedra’s thoughts on the future of therapy, and what’s going to be necessary Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, is the author of bestsellers Drama Free and Set Boundaries, Find Peace, licensed therapist, and sought-after relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 15 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Every day, she helps people create healthy relationships by teaching them how to implement boundaries. Her philosophy is that a lack of boundaries and assertiveness underlie most relationship issues, and her gift is helping people create healthy relationships with themselves and others. Nedra earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She has additional certifications in working with families and couples and in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, plus advanced training for counseling adults who've experienced childhood emotional neglect. Nedra has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning Show, to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice, and has appeared on numerous podcasts, including The School of Greatness, We Can Do Hard Things, and Ten Percent Happier. She hosts the podcast You Need to Hear This, and shares practices and reflections for mental health on her popular Instagram account. Nedra currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her family. Connect with Nedra -Website: https://www.nedratawwab.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nedratawwab/ -Podcast: https://www.nedratawwab.com/nedra-podcast *** Men, the next Men's Weekend is VERY soon. Join us in California for a transformative journey of reclamation. Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Nedra, welcome to the man talk show. How are you doing today? I am well. How are you?
0:14.4	I'm very good. I'm very good. Yeah. After we got a chance to connect at the psych networker,
0:20.7	I was definitely excited to have you on the show and been following your work for a while.
0:25.4	So I think we're going to have a good conversation today.
0:27.6	Well, I am excited to chat with a man about men.
0:34.4	Get in on the relationship front, talk about men.
0:38.0	You're married.
0:38.8	How does that go?
0:40.3	How do you, what's like, give me a take on a therapist's view of men while having all of this information about how relationships work.
0:52.2	Tell me about that.
0:52.8	How does that go?
0:54.4	You know, I have one client, one male client in particular who reminds me so much of what men go through in relationships.
1:06.4	And I'd like to think that it makes me more intentional as a spouse in real time to see people
1:15.0	struggling through things that from a female perspective that I don't think about.
1:21.7	You know, I'm just thinking of something as normal as when you have kids and how much praise women get. Oh, I do all these things
1:31.4	around the house. And the dad is like, hey, hey, hey, I'm doing stuff too. And I'm like, I guess y'all
1:36.9	do be doing stuff. I only think about myself and all my friends and what we're doing.
1:47.7	I spent six hours outside yesterday building a garden bed for my wife, you know?
1:53.5	Yeah.
1:53.9	So the male perspective is certainly necessary.
1:59.4	And if we look at, you know, so much of the research that, you know,
2:03.5	Gottman's have done and so many of these other wonderful folks who work with couples,
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