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Boundaries 101 for Men: The String on the Ground - Dr. Robert Glover
· 25 min · Episode 564
Episode 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.
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