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Communicating Boundaries Is Hard but Necessary

“I assumed for the first 35 years of my life that people were sucking on purpose, just to p*ss me off” — Brené Brown

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Joe Gibson
Jun 23, 2023
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“I assumed for the first 35 years of my life that people were sucking on purpose, just to p*ss me off” — Brené Brown

Photograph by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels

The above quote by Brené Brown describes bluntly what happens when we fail to acknowledge the importance of boundaries.

For much of my teenage years and early 20s, I lacked clear boundaries. It led t…

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