Gates, Not Thorns: Are Your Boundaries a Prison?
Stillness in the Storms
- Published
- September 6, 2026
- Duration
- 18:30
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Oct 11, 2026
Discusses health, mental, religion, society, culture.
Summary
Support Steven's work. Treat him to a coffee stevenwebb.ukAre your boundaries keeping you safe, or keeping you stuck? I have never liked the word. This week a reader called Katherine gave me a better one: gates, not thorns.I have carers in my life 24 hours a day, so I could not build walls even if I wanted to. I had to grow the strength to let the world i…
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Support Steven's work. Treat him to a coffee stevenwebb.ukAre your boundaries keeping you safe, or keeping you stuck? I have never liked the word. This week a reader called Katherine gave me a better one: gates, not thorns.I have carers in my life 24 hours a day, so I could not build walls even if I wanted to. I had to grow the strength to let the world in instead, and that is where I stand on boundaries. A red line between two people is healthy. It is an agreement, not a wall. A rulebook the wh
Themes
- health
- mental
- religion
- society
- culture