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How Do I Set Boundaries With Family? A Guide To Surviving The Holidays
Episode 13Bonus Episode10th December 2025 • What Your Therapist Thinks • Felicia Keller Boyle & Kristie Plantinga
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In this special holiday episode, Katrina Mautner, a queer trauma-informed therapist, joins Kristie and Felicia to talk everything on setting boundaries with family. Drawing from Katrina’s anti-oppressive and harm reduction framework, they break down boundaries as a tool for connection—defining them as the distance at which you can love both yourself and the other person.

Some takeaways:

  • How boundaries actually allow us to deepen relationships and say "yes" more freely
  • Surviving difficult moments with "strategic avoidance" and internal boundaries
  • Applying a harm reduction lens to deescalate family conflict, even imperfectly

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