🎙️TMIT 14: Boundaries 🚧

🎶 Stop in the name of love 🛑 🎶

Hi friends,

This week, we’re talking about boundaries—inside our home and outside of it.

The kind that protect our family culture, and the kind that make everyone just a little bit uncomfortable.

From Brené Brown’s Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto:
“We will set and respect boundaries. We will honor hard work, hope, and perseverance. Rest and play will be family values, as well as family practices.”

We start with the boundaries that live inside our home—around sleep, late-night conversations, and self-expression in shared spaces. We talk about the practices that feel solid, the ones we’re still fumbling through, and how family meetings help us navigate the thorny stuff with more intention and less drama.

Then we zoom out to boundaries with the outside world, where things tend to get trickier, to say the least.

We explore:

  • What is a boundary vs a trigger vs a preference

  • Navigating extended family dynamics 

  • The tension between being clear and being unkind 

  • What it means to protect the emotional climate of your home

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TMIT About Boundaries

The point of a boundary isn't to push people away. It's to make it safe enough to stay connected.

Plus: Why “Spending Saturdays” might be our favorite new family tool!

🎧 Watch/Listen to TMIT Episode 14: Boundaries
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Yours (sometimes),
Danielle + Greg

🧡 Experiment We are Trying at Home

Before setting a boundary, ask:

How is this aligned with my values, not just my mood or my fear?

Does this need to be said… by me… right now?

We’re still learning, too.

If you’ve got a family boundary that’s working—or one that’s still in the chaos phase—we’d love to hear about it. Message us on IG @themostimpthing

This week on the socials:

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🧡 We’d love to hear from you:

  • What have you tried?

  • What’s worked? What hasn’t?

  • What felt too big? What sparked something new?

Reply to this email or find us on IG @themostimpthing or X @themostimpthing—we love hearing your stories.

And ICYMI – We made a TMIT Tip Sheet—a one-pager with our favorite takeaways from “Season 1”, our first 8 episodes. Quick, clear, and packed with practical ideas for building family culture through small experiments.