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How to Say No: Boundaries with Nedra Glover Tawwab (Best Of)

Jan 5, 2025

Nedra Glover Tawwab, a New York Times best-selling author and licensed therapist, shares her expertise on establishing boundaries and fostering healthy relationships. She identifies five signs of boundary issues and emphasizes the importance of acknowledging our needs. Listeners learn to communicate effectively and exit friendships gracefully. Nedra discusses how to handle passive-aggressive behavior and the delicate balance of love and boundaries, particularly in family dynamics, urging us to embrace our needs without guilt.

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Nedra Glover Tawwab

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Recognizing five signs of boundary problems is essential for establishing healthier relationships and improving overall well-being.

Embracing our neediness instead of denying it allows for more genuine connections and better communication with others.

Understanding the complexities of unconditional love and boundaries fosters more honest relationships and enhances emotional fulfillment.

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Intro

3min

Navigating Boundaries and Love

18min

Navigating Personal Boundaries

9min

Navigating Personal Boundaries

11min

The Art of Gracefully Ending Relationships

4min

Navigating Menopause Information and Family Boundaries

2min

Establishing Healthy Boundaries

20min

Embracing Needs and Establishing Boundaries

2min

1. Five signs that you might have a boundary problem.

2. Why each of us should stop pretending we’re not a needy person.

3. How to stop arguing like a lawyer – and start communicating like a kindergartener – to get what you need.

4. How to know when to end an argument, how to exit a friendship, and how to respond to passive aggressiveness.

About Nedra:

Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, is a New York Times best-selling author, licensed therapist, and sought-after relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 15 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Every day she helps people create healthy relationships by teaching them how to implement boundaries. Her philosophy is that a lack of boundaries and assertiveness underlie most relationship issues, and her gift is helping people create healthy relationships with themselves and others.

Nedra earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She has additional certifications in working with families and couples and in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, plus advanced training for counseling adults who've experienced childhood emotional neglect.

Nedra has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning Show to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice and has appeared on numerous podcasts, including Good Life Project, Sofia with an F, and Therapy For Black Girls. She runs a popular Instagram account where she shares practices, tools, and reflections for mental health and hosts weekly Q&As.

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