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On Health for Women

Why Creating & Setting Boundaries is Essential for Our Health

On Health for Women

Aviva Romm

Arts, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

At some point, too many of us internalized the belief that being a woman means complete self-sacrifice, not setting healthy boundaries for our well-being, and not taking care of our fundamental needs – even for sleep, quality food, and relaxation. Further, as moms, we often take on the lioness's share of the household. As partners, we plan the dates and stay in touch with old friends. At work, we pick up the slack of others without so much as a peep of protest. But here's the thing- often, others don't even notice that we are doing all of this extra work because we haven't set healthy boundaries - with ourselves or with them. We've been taught to be the "good girl" (definitely listen to last week's podcast episode ALL about this topic if you haven't yet) and with this, we also believe that boundaries are rude or selfish. So we give and give and give - at the expense of our well-being and sometimes at the expense of our own passions and fulfillment. Time for a reframe! Not only is having boundaries not selfish - but we are better givers when we practice conscious boundaries. And that's exactly what I'm talking about in this latest On Health episode. Tune in as I dish out my top tips to get you on your way to a boundary-setting queen! And learn all about why it's truly so important, just in time for the new year ahead and beyond. In this episode I share: What boundaries are, including the types we may overlook Why we have trouble setting boundaries How to know whether you need better boundaries in your life Exercises to support you in discovering your highest priorities and how to stick to them The boundary-setting practices to get you started and that really work And more - including my weird style tip that relates to boundaries I KNOW that many of you will have at least a few "aha" moments and maybe even have some tears of understanding. Listen and become your own boundaries badass! Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow your host on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation.

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0:00.0

From this stuff, your mother never told you to the stuff your doctor never learned.

0:09.2

On health is what happens when a midwife, plus a Yale trained MD, shares about all things

0:14.3

women's health.

0:15.6

From periods to menopause, sex to reproductive health politics, motherhood to mental health.

0:21.2

Join me for taboo-busting conversations that demystify and destigmatize our bodies, all

0:26.8

while bridging the gap between conventional medicine and wellness.

0:30.4

Along the way, we'll be exploring the science and wisdom of how our bodies work, what makes

0:34.8

us well, what gets in the way, and how we can live our best lives on our terms.

0:40.4

When it comes to women's health and wellbeing, there's nothing we won't talk about.

0:44.2

The new medicine for women is here.

0:46.0

I'm Dr. Revivaram, welcome to the podcast.

0:56.8

Hey everybody, this is Dr. Revivar, and if you happen to hear this peculiar sound,

1:07.3

at any point while you're listening to today's episode, no, it's not your ears, and it's

1:12.4

not your earbuds either.

1:14.2

I'm recording from Jamaica, and I'm on holiday, and when we listened to the playback, we discovered

1:22.1

that about 30 minutes into my recording, which I was doing on a beautiful evening here,

1:27.9

all of a sudden, the tree frogs started peeping, so we reduced that sound in the audio as

1:34.4

much as possible, but you may occasionally hear it, so I just wanted to make sure you knew

1:38.5

that you were not having any kind of strange auditory hallucination, and thank you for

1:44.1

bearing with it.

1:45.1

If you do happen to hear that sound, we decided that the recording was so juicy, I was not

1:49.9

going to do it again, because I wanted to deliver the original version to you.

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