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That Rut You're In – This One Word Could Pull You Out | Nedra Tawwab

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.612.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This is the first episode of our Getting Unstuck Series. This episode, featuring social worker and NYT bestselling author Nedra Tawwab has some incredibly practical advice for various forms of stuckness, and it basically comes down to one word: boundaries. Nedra is a social worker and the New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, which became so popular this past year that she has now followed up with an accompanying workbook. In the book, Nedra lays out a whole taxonomy of boundaries: their levels, their types, and their internal and external manifestations. In this episode, she explains it all, as well as how to summon the bravery to set and maintain boundaries even when it's difficult and how to respect other people's boundaries. Over the course of the conversation, she makes the convincing argument that if we can learn to see our world through the lens of boundaries, we can find some of the peace that may be eluding us. In other words, we can get unstuck.


Content Warning: This episode includes brief references to sensitive topics such as sexuality, abuse, and neglect, all in the service of exploring the myriad ways in which learning to set boundaries can help us find peace and get unstuck.


This episode is the first in the Getting Unstuck Series on the podcast. On Monday, January 3, you can join the Getting Unstuck Challenge, a free 14-day meditation challenge over on the Ten Percent Happier app. Click here to get started.   


Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/nedra-tawwab-406

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the 10% Happier Podcast.

0:05.9

I'm Dan Harris.

0:09.0

Hey, hey, if you're struggling with booting up an exercise or meditation habit, if you've

0:17.5

got too many beef with your friends and family and colleagues, if you're torturing yourself

0:21.6

over your productivity and time management, if you're feeling overwhelmed, avoidant and resentful,

0:27.4

if any of the above describes you, there is one word that could be the skeleton key to

0:34.1

getting you unstuck.

0:35.6

Speaking personally here, I have heard the word boundaries a million times, but it always

0:41.1

sounded to me at least like something people yammer about on daytime talk shows.

0:46.7

No disrespect to daytime talk shows.

0:48.8

I love going on those shows, but anyway, I had no idea what the word actually meant or

0:54.1

whether it was a serious concept at all.

0:56.9

My guest today has broken this idea down into three levels and six types of boundaries.

1:04.0

Nedra Tawab is a social worker and the New York Times bestselling author of set boundaries

1:09.2

find peace, which became so popular this past year that she has now followed up with

1:14.3

an accompanying workbook.

1:16.9

As I mentioned, Nedra lays out a whole taxonomy of boundaries, their levels, their types,

1:21.2

their internal and external manifestations.

1:24.7

In today's interview, she will explain all of that, but she will also talk us through

1:28.6

how we can summon the courage to set and maintain boundaries even when it's hard and how

1:34.8

to respect other people's boundaries even when they aren't clear about what they might

1:39.2

be.

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