Boundaries 101 for Men: The String on the Ground

You think boundaries keep people out. They're actually what lets people get close to you.   Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, runs a full crash course here, and it starts somewhere unexpected: how a lack of boundaries quietly wrecks a man's friendships with other men, not just his marriage. He didn't learn any of this until his thirties, when a therapist laid a string on the floor and started pushing him backward to show him how much ground he gives away. FREE THIS WEEK: We built a companion field guide for the whole series. It's the main points from every episode plus copy-and-paste prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or your journal to actually do the work. Grab it at frontrowdads.com/niceguy.   IN THIS EPISODE: - Why boundaries aren't about changing other people, they're about changing you - The string on the ground exercise that exposed he had no boundaries at all - Why men were never taught this: growing up, the powerful just got to do what they wanted to you - Why wives are relieved, not offended, when their husband finally stands up to them - Ending a years-long best friendship, and why it pushed him toward real brotherhood - The "Ouch" technique, and how to defuse a bad mood with a boundary - How to spot a professional boundary invader (usually somewhere in your own family) This is part 2 of a 5-part week with Dr. Robert Glover. Also this week: Nice Guy Syndrome and shame, decoding your wife, brotherhood and male isolation, and attracting the feminine. Hear Glover's full conversation on boundaries at frontrowdads.com/465. His book is No More Mr. Nice Guy.