# Social Boundaries: How to Stay Connected to Yourself Around Other People | Episode 355

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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: 2026-06-08T14:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 355 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries and what it means to stay connected to yourself while being connected to other people. For much of my life, social situations were exhausting because I constantly overrode my own needs, limits, and preferences in order to make other people comfortable. I thought I was being accommodating and easygoing, but what I was really doing was abandoning myself—and it eventually led to re...

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