They're Not Disrupting Your Relationship. You're Letting Them

They're Not Disrupting Your Relationship. You're Letting Them

June 13, 2026 · 21 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of setting boundaries after divorce to prevent interference in new relationships.

You can leave a marriage. You can meet someone extraordinary. You can want, genuinely, to start again. But if you haven't set boundaries with your ex, your children, and the friends still operating on the old social geography — it won't matter. The pattern will repeat. The interference will continue. And the person beside you will absorb all of it, quietly, until they can't anymore. This episode is about why boundaries after divorce aren't optional. They're the only thing standing between you...

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