Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Healthy boundaries are the unsung heroes of successful habits! #JenSincero #YouAreABadass

24 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, host Nick Hutchison asks Jen Sincero about Chapter 2 of her book, which focuses on healthy boundaries and their role in habit formation. Jen explains that establishing deep, personal boundaries is a prerequisite before implementing action steps for new habits. She shares that she only truly mastered boundaries after turning 50, describing herself as a "ninja" at them, and expresses a strong desire to write an entire book dedicated to the topic. The conversation highlights boundaries as the often‑overlooked foundation that enables successful, lasting habits.

Chapter 2, which is all about healthy boundaries. You say that they're the unsung heroes of successful habits. What do you mean by that?
Gosh, you know, I think there's, again, starting from a much deeper level before you go and put the action steps into place is so important. And I think boundaries, I mean, quite frankly, I really wanted to write a whole book about boundaries. Just, you know, once I hit 50, I became just a ninja at them.
Something about it, you really don't give a shit anymore.
But no, I really, I felt like I had got, I'd really mastered a lot of stuff involved in making really good boundaries that I wanted to share. And I was talking to my editor and she's like, my gosh, it would be such a great addition to the habits book to really put that in there. And I was like, oh my God, of course, because when you change a behavior, you're changing your identity, right? So then all the people around you experience this change too. And quite frankly, when you change, it's very common for the people around you to not be supportive because you're changing who you're being. You're basically killing off the identity of the person they know and love, and they are not psyched about that. So,