Boundaries 101 for Men: The String on the Ground - Dr. Robert Glover

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.
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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.