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How To Communicate Boundaries When You Never Have Before

You’re tired of lacking a backbone.

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Joe Gibson
Oct 24, 2022
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You’re tired of lacking a backbone.

Of allowing others to treat you like a doorstep.

I mean, it’s not entirely their fault that they do. You don’t speak up. You find it challenging to say what is right for you, and what is not. Of course, there are extremes to this but some people won’t treat you differently un…

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