TAM+ EP 113 The 4 Essential Boundaries That Will Transform Your Recovery Journey

Have you ever felt yourself drowning in everyone else's needs? Why your own recovery takes a backseat? I have found clients feeling like they have to say yes to everything.

They have to say yes to every friend in crisis or every work commitment.

until they realize that they have to learn to say no, because it's fundamental to their recovery.

It is foundational in their new recovery life to be able to set good boundaries.

Otherwise, you're not going to take care of yourself and you're not going to take care of your recovery.

Yeah, this is so important to Wayne.

I'm excited to dig in to today's episode and go through these different types of boundaries because they're just so important.

And they really, really are fundamental to having that solid recovery foundation, without a doubt.

Yeah, me too.

I'm excited about that.

So let's dive into it.

Let's talk about these different types of boundaries.

Yeah, definitely.

I think so many times people can feel just completely overwhelmed, stretched thin, and then they feel guilty actually about setting these boundaries and saying, I need to put a boundary around this.

I need to be able to say no to this.

And, you know, without knowing what your boundaries are, it becomes hard to set them.

So we're going to break them down a little bit here into the four main types of boundaries I see important for recovery.

Now we're not going to go into every type of boundary on this episode.

But these areas of boundaries in recovery are really important.

So let's jump into that.

Yeah.

And the truth is setting boundaries isn't selfish.

A lot of people are like, I shouldn't set boundaries because I feel selfish.

And that's just not true.

Setting boundaries, as we talked about in previous episodes, can really help relationships flourish.

Have you ever felt yourself drowning in everyone else's needs? Why your own recovery takes a backseat? I have found clients feeling like they have to say yes to everything.

They have to say yes to every friend in crisis or every work commitment.

until they realize that they have to learn to say no, because it's fundamental to their recovery.

It is foundational in their new recovery life to be able to set good boundaries.

Otherwise, you're not going to take care of yourself and you're not going to take care of your recovery.

Yeah, this is so important to Wayne.

I'm excited to dig in to today's episode and go through these different types of boundaries because they're just so important.

And they really, really are fundamental to having that solid recovery foundation, without a doubt.

Yeah, me too.

I'm excited about that.

So let's dive into it.

Let's talk about these different types of boundaries.

Yeah, definitely.

I think so many times people can feel just completely overwhelmed, stretched thin, and then they feel guilty actually about setting these boundaries and saying, I need to put a boundary around this.

I need to be able to say no to this.

And, you know, without knowing what your boundaries are, it becomes hard to set them.

So we're going to break them down a little bit here into the four main types of boundaries I see important for recovery.

Now we're not going to go into every type of boundary on this episode.

But these areas of boundaries in recovery are really important.

So let's jump into that.

Yeah.

And the truth is setting boundaries isn't selfish.

A lot of people are like, I shouldn't set boundaries because I feel selfish.

And that's just not true.

Setting boundaries, as we talked about in previous episodes, can really help relationships flourish.