Podcast Ep 17: Are you setting a Boundary or are you Manipulating with Mollie Birney, M.A.

 
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This is a juicy one and very humbling. In this episode, I chat with my friend Mollie Birney, a clinical life coach, about the difference between autonomy-respecting boundaries and manipulative boundaries, how to know if you're showing up with an agenda in your boundary-setting, and what to do instead to create a culture of autonomy and safety in your relationship.


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Who we are:

Natalie Kennedy @Anxiouslovecoach

Mollie Birney , M.A. @mbclinicalcoaching

Time Stamps:

  • 03:58- Boundaries vs manipulation

  • 05:00- How boundaries are used to protect ourselves vs change others

  • 08:30- Guilt over setting boundaries

  • 11:00- How newer generations are establishing boundaries

  • 13:00 - Communicating effectively when establishing boundaries

  • 19:22 - Properly dealing with grief over unmet needs

  • 26:30 - How your partner “shutting down” can be a form of boundary setting

  • 29:35- Your partner shutting down is not an attack on you

  • 34:10- Witnessing your emotions instead of being them