# How Time and Energy Boundaries Help You Start Where You Actually Are | Episode 346 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478/how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478/how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346.md Podcast: [Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478) Published: 2026-04-06T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1868717/episodes/18969696-how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1868717/episodes/18969696-how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478/episodes/how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346 Duration seconds: 772 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode 346 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing a deeply personal experience that reshaped how I think about time and energy boundaries. After a period of illness, I noticed something unexpected: my capacity had changed, but my expectations hadn’t. In this episode, I explore how misaligned expectations can quietly create resistance, frustration, and self-judgment—and how boundaries with your own time and energy help you reconnect with where you actu... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478/episodes/how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478/how-time-and-energy-boundaries-help-you-start-where-you-actually-are-episode-346.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.