Episode 19: Boundaries and Toxic Relationships

**Trigger Warning** This episode contains sensitive topics including child abuse (from 39:00 to 54:45). Listener discretion advised.

Join us this week as we discuss the importance of boundaries and removing toxic relationships from our lives. So it's time to lock the bathroom door, pour a glass a wine, and take a deep breath. Welcome to the 80s Mom Podcast.

Topics Covered

• Being a Peaceful or Attachment Parent does not mean without discipline or boundaries 
• What do we do for discipline an/or boundaries 
• What do we do for boundaries in general? 
• Trigger Warning - Child Abuse - 39:15 - 54:45
• What is defooing? 
• FOO - Family of Origin
• Defooing - Completely removing yourself from your family of origin
• Have we had to remove people from our lives? 
• How did we decide that needed to be done? 
• What did that look like? 
• How did the rest of our families react?

Resources

Boundaries by Cloud & Townsend

Stefan Molyneux on Defooing

Living Free in Tennessee Episode on Boundaries

Attachment Parenting

Dr. Sears on Attachment Parenting

The Attachment Parenting Book by Dr. Sears

Legally Kidnapped by Carlos Morales

Parent Effectiveness Training by Dr. Thomas Gordon

Raising Freethinkers by McGowan

12 Rules of Life by Jordan Peterson

Nonviolent Communication by Rosenberg

Mental Illness Happy Hour with Paul Gilmartin

WIll I Ever Be Good Enough: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters

Healing the Adult Children of Narcissists

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