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The Truth About Boundaries | Melissa Urban

14 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this talk, Melissa Urban challenges common misconceptions that boundaries are about pushing people away, controlling, or being manipulative. She reframes boundaries as a gift that supports healthy, intimate relationships, even in the closest partnerships. Using her own marriage as an example, she explains that boundaries can be set, explored, and expanded to allow each partner to show up safely and authentically. Over time, as trust deepens, those boundaries can be relaxed, enabling more frequent presence and connection. The core message is that boundaries are dynamic tools that protect and nurture relational well‑being rather than barriers.

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I think so many people think that boundaries are about pushing people away or holding them at a distance or that they're controlling or manipulative. Boundaries are a gift in your relationship. Even in a relationship in which you are so close and so open and so vulnerable, like with my husband, we still have boundaries that are healthy for both of us. And so on the other side of opening this box and exploring it will simply come a new set of boundaries and hopefully those boundaries have continued to expand our relationship and they continue to allow me to show up in a way that still feels good to me and safe to me. And then as that relationship progresses, hopefully I can back those boundaries off because showing up all the time or most of the time feels good and safe. That's what's on the other side.