Let's Talk Boundaries with Mary Brown

Today, we had the privilege of engaging in a conversation with Jade Shebelski, an adept social media manager and creative content producer. Our discussion delved into the realm of social media, illuminating the advantages of establishing limits on our usage for the sake of our well-being. Jade engages in a dialogue with Mary, The Boundaries Coach, in the many ways we can set boundaries around soci...

The iconic Tina Turner faced a challenging beginning to both her life and her journey to stardom. In this particular episode, we join Mary Brown, The Boundaries Coach, in a candid dialogue with her sister, Chime. The focus is on the documentary "I, Tina," which sheds light on Tina's early struggles with establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries. Having confronted abusive relationships firsth...

In this episode Mary Brown, The Boundaries Coach, welcomes Denita Bremer, a certified life coach, specializing in trauma and nervous system regulation. During their conversation, they delve into the topic of boundaries in the context of trauma coaching and its connection to our nervous system. They discuss the significance of acknowledging and embracing uncomfortable emotions, and they explore how...

Discovering forgiveness and establishing boundaries are interconnected. Achieving forgiveness can pave the way for freedom and peace in life. This was precisely the journey undertaken by Jessica, one of Mary's clients, who had endured a challenging divorce and other difficult circumstances.  During this discussion, Jessica shares how setting boundaries played a vital role in her divorce process an...

Creating and maintaining work - life boundaries is a learned skill, though it may pose additional challenges for those with irregular schedules. In this conversation, Mary discusses with her guest, who works Tuesday through Saturday, how to effectively maintain boundaries during her days off.  that works Tuesday through Saturday and how to help her maintain boundaries on days off. Mary also offers...

Have you heard about the viral text messages going around between Jonah Hill and Sarah Brady? Well if you haven't yet, go look it up and listen to this episode! Because there are some major boundary conversations that need to be had around these text messages. Mary and her sister Chime, talk about whether these text messages from Jonah are him setting boundaries or not? They talk through some scen...

We may not realize it, but most of us have "manuals" that we have created in our minds of what a good mom is or what a good husband does. In this episode Mary Brown, The Boundaries Coach, helps her client recognize that we are born valuable and that value doesn't change based on what we do or don't do in a day.  Mary's guest speaks on her struggles with the expectations she has for her spouse and...

Parenting is challenging, but parenting a child with a mental illness can bring on a whole other level of struggles. In this episode Mary talks with one of her clients about her challenges with raising a child with a mental illness and how setting boundaries helped take care of herself, her relationship with not only her daughter with the mental illness but with her husband and other children as w...

In today's episode, Mary talks with Tami Parker, CEO of Unicycle Business Consulting. She provides HR support for companies and in doing so, has seen many boundary issues show up with employer, employee relationships. She explains how setting boundaries with your boss is beneficial for both the employee and employer. Mary and Tami also discuss the importance for the employer to provide clear expec...

In the final part of the Harry and Meghan series, Mary and her sister Chime talk about the Royal family and the business side of being Royal. The Royal family is not only a family but more of a business and with that business comes quite a few boundary issues.  Mary discusses with Chime some of the times that family and the family business came into direct conflict in the Royal family. There are m...

In part three of our Harry and Meghan series, Mary and her sister Chime go in depth into Meghan, the Princess People Pleaser. Meghan grew up always wanting to make others happy and she got along with everyone. Living this way worked for her for a while… until it didn't.  Mary and Chime discuss at what point Meghan decides that she has had enough and she decides to set some boundaries. She finally...

In this second part of the Harry and Meghan series, we look back at why we believe Harry is the prince of boundaries. Mary and her sister Chime discuss how Harry learned boundaries from a young age from his mom's great example and how that set him up to make some tough decisions later on in life. Harry sets very clear priorities early on which help him to make decisions on what he is willing to pa...

Guilt is a normal emotion that can come up for us quite often. But it is important for us to realize that there is healthy AND unhealthy guilt. Healthy guilt can serve as a moral compass, reminding us of our values and guiding us toward ethical behavior. However, unhealthy or chronic guilt can be detrimental to our well-being, leading to self-blame or shame. Today Mary will be exploring the emotio...

The royal family… they are just like us, right? Well maybe not completely, but they are in that they also need to set boundaries! So in part one of this series, we dive into the beginning of Harry and Meghan's love story. Mary talks with her sister, Chime today all about the Netflix docuseries "Harry and Meghan". They discuss how they met, meeting each other's families and the royal wedding. Mary...

With so much focus on self care recently, how do people actually find time for self care? With everything we have to do on a day to day basis, how do we fit self care into our already busy, overwhelming schedules? Well today Mary gives you the secret to make sure self care gets into your daily routine. Mary talks to her friend Erin today about her role as a busy working mom. Mary talks Erin throug...

Kelley Tenny is an experienced educator who has dedicated her career to helping students succeed. As an educator she had great success in setting boundaries in her classrooms. However, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer years ago, she realized that she needed to start prioritizing her own well-being and setting boundaries in not just her professional life, but her personal life as well. In...

In today's episode Mary welcomes a special guest on the show to talk all about setting boundaries as a business leader. Dayle Wickizer is a results oriented Business Coach who helps technical managers learn to be outstanding, authentic leaders.  Today Dayle talks to Mary all about setting boundaries as a manager to better help employees be the best version of themselves, which in turn helps your b...

Do you catch yourself setting boundaries, but once you actually follow through with them… you let the "shoulds" creep in? You start to tell yourself that you should have done this or that and then the shame takes over.  If this sounds like you, then listen in! Because in today's episode Mary talks with an anonymous guest about her struggle with maintaining boundaries with her Mother. Mary talks to...

"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein is a well known and loved children's book. But today, Mary and her friend Courtney talk through some of the boundary issues they notice when they read through the book. Listen in as they give "The Giving Tree" an alternate ending… with some boundaries. They will be taking a look at how the tree ends up giving too much of itself away and it gives us a lesson in...

Welcome to a new series we will be introducing: Boundaries in Pop Culture! In today's episode Mary talks with her sister Chime all about the documentary "Pretty Baby Brooke Shields". They discuss the boundary issues that Brooke had from a young age and how that affected her and her relationships through young adulthood. Mary and Chime talk about how Brooke was able to find her voice later in life...

We hear all about the importance of self-care now, but do you really know what it is and how to realistically add it to your routine? Well in today's episode we talk all about self-care and my five fundamental foundations for self-care. I go into how boundaries relates to self-care and give you my self-care planning guide to get you started! Are you ready to add self-care to your daily routine? We...

In this episode we dive into a very common question about how it is possible for women of faith to set boundaries. Mary talks to her sister Carolin on how boundaries have helped Carolin live the gospel. Carolin and Mary talk about how having boundaries in the gospel has helped them be more available to serve others without reservation. But also being able to say no when they need to. Let's talk bo...

Mary talks to us today about how boundary setting helped her get her business where it is today. She chose to say no to some good opportunities, but they weren't quite what she wanted to focus on.  Learning to set boundaries early on in your business will help you say no to things that are not in alignment for you. In doing so, this will make room so you have the time, energy and space for things...

Yulin Lee, a financial coach dedicated to empowering women to design the life they desire, joins us in this episode to discuss the importance of establishing financial boundaries. She guides women in gaining confidence to achieve their financial independence.  Yulin delves into the strategies for setting boundaries not only individually but also within partnerships, parenting, and self-management....

Lisa Cheney-Philp meets with Mary in this episode and talks with how boundaries shows up for her in her life and work. Lisa works as a death doula, and so dealing with grief is an important part of her job.  Lisa talks about how she has learned to embrace grief in her life and how she has been able to use boundaries to say yes to grief and still feel able to say no to other things. They discuss ho...