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You Know You Need Boundaries...So Why Can't You Set Them?
Why is it so hard to say no… even when you know you need to?
In this episode of Masks Off, Kim is joined by returning guest Ashley Bendiksen—healthy relationships educator, youth speaker, and trauma-resilience advocate—to explore why boundary-setting feels so difficult, especially for young adults.
Together, they unpack how early conditioning, fear of rejection, people-pleasing, and nervous system responses like freezing and fawning can make even the simplest boundary feel impossible.
This conversation goes beyond surface-level advice and gets to the root: emotional safety.
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