For most of my life, I believed boundaries were rejection in disguise—retaliation, punishment, abandonment waiting to happen. I didn’t know that boundaries could be kind. Or that they could protect not just me, but the relationships I cared about most.

In this episode of Xero Meaning, we trace the origin of the word “boundary” and the deeper story it holds—not as a wall to keep people out, but as a marked passage for love, safety, and self-respect to enter.

From chaotic childhoods and misunderstood silence to the wild resistance of a younger self rebelling against invisible chains, I take you into the lived experience of reclaiming my right to take up space—without apology.

This isn’t just an episode. It’s a map for those who are still learning to stop vanishing in order to be loved.

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Tagline: We unravel words. We reclaim what they took from us.