Nedra Tawwab || Set Boundaries, Find Peace

The Psychology Podcast

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Today it’s great to chat with Nedra Glover Tawwab. Nedra is a licensed therapist and sought-after relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 13 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Nedra has been featured recently in The New York Times, The Guardian, Psychology Today, Self, and Vice, and has appeared on numerous podcasts. She runs a popular Instagram account where she shares practices, tools, and reflections for mental health and hosts weekly Q&As.

Topics

[2:20] Why Nedra wrote a book on boundaries

[3:24] What is a boundary?

[4:22] What is “enmeshment”?

[5:55] Signs you need to set boundaries

[8:52] Why we’re afraid of setting boundaries

[11:16] Is there hope for chronic people-pleasers?

[12:07] Nedra’s personal journey with boundaries

[21:23] How to set professional boundaries

[27:34] Nedra’s experiences with setting professional boundaries

[34:43] The benefits of having healthy boundaries

[36:36] How mental health impacts your physical health

[40:31] How to help people without burning out

[43:40] The importance of boundaries in achieving a work/life balance

[46:57] The 6 types of boundaries

[50:17] Nedra’s experience with writing her book

[51:57] Nedra’s thoughts on growing her Instagram account

[55:26] Porous vs rigid boundaries

[57:09] How boundaries shift depending on the person

[58:13] How to enforce a boundary

[1:00:39] How to deal with depersonalization

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0:00.0	Today, it's great to chat with Nedra Glover-Tawab. Nedra is a licensed therapist and sought-after
0:21.3	relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 13 years and is the founder and
0:26.4	owner of the group therapy practice, Kawitiscope Counseling. Nedra has been featured recently in
0:31.4	the New York Times, the Guardian, Psychology Today, Self and Vice, and has appeared on numerous
0:36.6	podcasts, including today's podcast. She runs a popular Instagram account where she shares practices,
0:42.4	tools, and reflections from mental health, and hosts weekly Q&As, and I can honestly say I love
0:47.6	her Instagram account. It makes my day almost every day, so thanks so much for being on the podcast
0:53.7	today, Nedra. You're so welcome. Thank you for the warm introduction. Of course. It's well,
0:59.8	you all deserved. Well, deserved. So now I just want to just have our listeners know a little bit
1:05.6	more about you before we dive into the topic of your latest book. So you've been a therapist,
1:10.4	a relationship counselor for 13 years, a long time. You've seen a lot, right? You've seen a lot.
1:17.8	Yeah, I've seen things go from in person to virtual.
1:24.4	Yeah, a lot of people are hurting right now, huh?
1:28.9	You know, I would say that they are adjusting. I've been surprised at the amount of people who
1:35.1	adjusted to what this time has called for. In March, I got really, really busy just with a lot of
1:44.5	old folks coming back and with new people. So I think everyone has adjusted. There are still some
1:50.6	folks who prefer in person, but they are doing what they need to in this pandemic.
1:57.4	Yeah, people are doing what they need to do. And it kind of shows the deep reservoirs of
2:02.4	resiliency that we have. I mean, I think a lot of people are telling me and my own clients are
2:07.1	saying, well, I didn't know that I could get through such solitude, you know? Yeah, yeah.
2:14.5	So I think we need to give people a little bit of a pat on the back.
2:18.4	Yeah. So, well, why do you write this book? It's a topic I know you've written about for a while,
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