{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Unburdened Leader","title":"EP 25: The Boundary Barriers of Leadership with Psychologist and Author, Alison Cook, PhD","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3895,"description":" \nBoundary barriers become leadership barriers.\n \nWhat gets in the way of setting and maintaining boundaries gets in the way of leading well.\n \nOur polarized culture, along with so many demands on our time and energy, make it so important to get clear on what gets in the way of setting and maintaining boundaries…and what they are protecting.\n \nDo you know what your boundaries are protecting?\n \nYou have to know why you are laboring through the work of setting and maintaining boundaries. Without this clarity and focus you will flounder and feel fed up–often giving up on your boundaries and yourself.\n \nWe get so focused on when and how people violate our boundaries that we lose focus on the reason we are fighting for them. This leads to boundaries becoming barriers - no longer protecting what is important: our time, our relationships, our wellbeing.\n \nWhat helps you stay the course when you set boundaries? Your clarity of values and clarity on what your boundaries protect.\n \nWhen you are clear on what you are protecting and fighting for, you have more confidence in navigating the work involved in setting and maintaining boundaries.\n \nMy guest today loves to teach and talk about boundaries.\n \nAlison Cook, MA, PhD (http://www.alisoncookphd.com/) is a counselor, speaker, and the co-author of Boundaries for Your Soul (https://bookshop.org/books/boundaries-for-your-soul-how-to-turn-your-overwhelming-thoughts-and-feelings-into-your-greatest-allies/9781400201617). For over 15 years, Alison has helped women learn how to heal painful emotions, develop confidence from the inside out, forge healthy relationships, and fully live out their God-given potential. Each week, she encourages over 30,000 subscribers to her email newsletter and blog at alisoncookphd.com (http://www.alisoncookphd.com/).\n \nIn our conversation, Alison unpacks a powerful perspective on setting and maintaining boundaries.\n \nListen to the full episode to hear:\n\n* The ways navigating a blended family has...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ArOoH4nRajdKHXRE91wYxu0YMZ-69lVTUZ9h58V8AfI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0MzI1LzE2OTI4/MDUzOTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}