Episode 3: Setting Boundaries with Loved Ones

Learn to set healthy boundaries that allow you to have authentic, connected relationships with the adults in your life!

In this episode, which was recorded live, you'll learn how to set two kinds of boundaries that are crucial to maintaining healthy, authentic relationships with the adults in your lives. Whether you have a narcissistic father, a mother-in-law that blows past every boundary you've ever set, or a friends or family that affect you in a negative way, you can set boundaries, with them and with yourself, that help you navigate these relationships with compassion and respect for everyone involved.

Topics Covered:

Setting external boundaries: These are the boundaries you set with others

Setting internal boundaries: These are the boundaries you set with yourself to regulate how others’ behavior affects you, your behavior, and your emotional well-being.

Learning to adjust your expectations to be more reasonable, and mourn the relationship you imagined that might not be possible.

The importance of tapping into compassion and considering the other’s perspective.

Exploring when to set firm boundaries that have the potential to result in a cut-off with family members.

Specific examples covered: Interactions with children, mother-in-law relationships, excessive gift giving, racism, alcohol use.

I would love to have you join me in my Balanced Parenting Community on Facebook where you can get support in setting these kinds of loving, authentic boundaries.