Boundary Boss
The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free
- Boundary Blueprint
- The unconscious template for how (or whether) you set limits, formed in childhood by family rules and relational experiences.
- Recognize-Release-Respond (3Rs)
- A three-step framework for moving from automatic, reactive boundary responses to intentional, values-based ones.
- High-Functioning Codependency
- A pattern where someone appears competent and capable on the outside while chronically over-giving, people-pleasing, and neglecting their own needs.
- Boundary Destroyers
- Specific behaviors others use (love bombing, guilt, manipulation, the change-back maneuver) to undermine or override someone's limits.
- Change-Back Maneuver
- The resistance — often escalating pressure or conflict — that people close to you may apply when you begin establishing new, healthier boundaries.
- Introduction
- Part 1. Connecting the Dots to the Past
- Chapter 1. From Boundary Diaster to Boundary Master
- Chapter 2. Boundary Basics
- Chapter 3. The Codependency Connection
- Chapter 4. Corrupted BOundary Data
- Chapter 5. Digging Deeper - Now Is Not Then
- Part 2. Creating the New Normal
- Chapter 6. The 3Rs - Recognize, Release, Respond
- Chapter 7. From Reactive to Proactive Boundaries
- Chapter 8. Things Are Getting Real
- Chapter 9. Boundary Destroyers
- Chapter 10. Real-WOrld Boudnaries (Scenarios & Scripts)
- Chapter 11. Life as a Boundary Boss
- Go Deeper
- Boundaries, People Pleasing, Over-Functioning, Recognize-Release-Respond, Physical Boundaries, Sexual Boundaries, Material Boundaries, Mental Boundaries, Emotional Boundaries, Rigid Boundaries, Porous Boundaries, Healthy Boundaries, Boundary Destroyers, Codependency, High-Functioning Codependency, Perfectionism, Fight-Flight-Freeze, Boundary Blueprint, Over-Giver, Limiting Beliefs, Desires, Deal Breaker, Consequences, Boundary Agreements, Internal Boundaries, Change-Back Maneuver, Blame-Shame-Guilt, Love Bombing, Covert Judgement, Self-Care