Ep. 321: Relationship Boundaries: NIGHTMARES, Ultimatums & Inner Demons

Are healthy boundaries lines in the sand? Going no contact? 

KC Davis is licensed professional counselor, host of the podcast Struggle Care & author of Who Deserves your love: how to create boundaries to start, strengthen or end any relationship.

In this episode, she unpacks the girl bossification of boundaries, the decision flowchart of no contact, how values make “hard calls” easier & how the internet sells quipping one-liners & emphasizes hard lines over nuance.

Guest:

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00:00 — Shower fights & imaginary comebacks

01:50 — Boundaries aren’t quippy one-liners

03:58 — When the boundary advice trap backfires

04:22 — The real definition of an internal boundary

05:05 — How to prep for real-life conflict (not Instagram conflict)

05:42 — Thanksgiving, awkward uncles & psychic responsibility

10:20 — Awareness as Boundary Step One

10:55 — MythBuster: Is there always a winner and a loser?

13:07 — The vulnerability cycle explained

14:10 — When your “issues” aren’t actually your issues

16:22 — How two people accidentally activate each other

18:17 — Boundary Disaster #1: The evangelizing step-dad

20:02 — “Reasonable requests don’t make unreasonable people comply”

21:11 — Deciding what’s livable — not magical

24:14 — Why reframing the offender sometimes helps

25:26 — The stories we tell about other people’s behavior

28:05 — Compassion vs. justifying harm

32:00 — Boundary Disaster #2: The secret sex-offender friend

33:10 — KC’s decision tree for impossible situations

36:08 — Why values make “hard calls” easier

37:02 — MythBuster: Does cheating predict cheating?

40:02 — MythBuster: Must you heal before you date?

43:03 — Boundary Disaster #3: Grandma, screen time & parental authority

44:00 — “How do I get her to respect my decisions?”

47:55 — Middle-ground boundaries for real parents

48:35 — Final thoughts: Boundaries as self-ownership

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