About this episode

Jim Ramos discusses the importance of boundaries and safety in marriage after infidelity.

A promise is not a boundary. Jim Ramos, author of Guardrails and founder of Men in the Arena, joins Jeremy and Rick Reynolds to lay out the practical guardrails that rebuild safety in a marriage, and why saying “you can trust me” changes nothing on its own. In this episode: A guardrail breach begins small and compounds from thereWhat a spouse is asking for when they ask for a boundary, and why it is not an attempt to manage anyoneWhy the charge of legalism misses what is actually at stake in ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeremy Reynolds, Rick Reynolds

Guest: Jim Ramos

Topics covered

• infidelity
• boundaries
• marriage safety
• trust
• guardrails

Keywords

• infidelity
• boundaries
• trust
• marriage
• guardrails

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Men in the Arena

Books & works: Guardrails

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