Lately, I’ve been a cheerleader for boundaries. That’s funny because the second episode of this podcast was called “Stop Setting Boundaries”. In this episode, I explain how my thinking has changed by reacting to Episode 2.

Timeline:

0:00:00 – Introduction
0:03:09 – Reacting to Episode 2: “Stop Setting Boundaries”
0:04:37 – Drama Triangle & The Empowerment Dynamic
0:08:00 – Boundaries let you have conversations
0:10:37 – How I look at boundaries these days
0:13:01 – “Violating” boundaries
0:14:49 – Topics on which I’ve demonstrated how to set boundaries
0:17:05 – Restraining order threat
0:18:08 – Being a Challenger
0:22:47 – Training your friends
0:24:29 – Virtue-signalling, being the bigger person
0:27:59 – “Accountability”
0:29:28 – Emotional issues
0:31:26 – Rosenberg Stage 2
0:34:18 – Jordan Peterson, responsibility
0:38:52 – Be explicit with the language
0:42:26 – It’s like a BPD thing
0:44:19 – Back to the list
0:46:06 – Teaching
0:46:22 – Friend zone
0:47:49 – “Michael, you’re acting like a victim.”
0:49:42 – I got derailed
0:52:37 – Back then I was all about acceptance
0:53:54 – Don’t say it to them
0:54:51 – You don’t need to justify
1:01:15 – Just stand still
1:04:18 – I wouldn’t even say any of that
1:07:57 – That’s it for this episode

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