#50 – Start Setting Boundaries

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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nomichaelhere.substack.com