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This week we're discussing Love as a Boundary

Setting boundaries can feel especially difficult when you are a solo parent. You are carrying more, managing more emotions, and often trying to protect your children from further pain. In this conversation, Robert Beeson, Founder & CEO of Solo Parent, and Elizabeth Cole, single parent, are joined by Dr. Henry Cloud, clinical psychologist, leadership expert, and bestselling author of Boundaries, to talk about how healthy limits actually strengthen relationships, protect your peace, and help your children grow.

Many solo parents wrestle with the same tensions. Saying yes out of guilt. Overcompensating for what their kids have been through. Feeling exhausted but unsure how to change long-standing patterns. These struggles matter because without boundaries, burnout, resentment, and chaos slowly replace the calm and stability every family needs.

Today, we cover three main points:

• Why boundaries are not selfish
  Boundaries define where you end and someone else begins. When you protect your time, energy, and emotional health, you are not choosing yourself over others. You are creating the capacity to love well and consistently.
• Why love requires limits
  Love without structure often leads to resentment or enabling. Healthy limits protect relationships and allow generosity and connection to flourish in a sustainable way.
• Why boundaries help children grow
  Children need loving limits to develop responsibility, emotional regulation, and respect for others. What feels hard in the moment often prepares them for a healthier future.

Healthy boundaries are not about controlling others. They are about taking responsibility for what is yours and building a home where both you and your children can thrive.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Dr. Henry Cloud

• Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
• Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud

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