Boundaries for the Holidays: Sane Solutions for Difficult Dynamics
Annie returned to Sorta Awesome as the guest therapist for episode 121, answering listener questions with hosts Meg Tietz and Kelly Gordon about setting and keeping healthy boundaries through the holiday season, when difficult family dynamics tend to surface all at once.
Episode details
- Show: Sorta Awesome, episode 121
- Hosts: Meg Tietz and Kelly Gordon
- Aired: November 10, 2017
- Length: 68 minutes
Listen to Sorta Awesome, episode 121 →
What the conversation covered
The show’s published notes describe the episode this way: the holidays arrive with joy and thankfulness, and also with family dynamics that are hard to navigate. Meg and Kelly invited Annie back to answer listener questions on:
- How to set healthy boundaries with family during the holiday season
- How to keep those boundaries once they’ve been set, which is usually the harder part
- Building a holiday coping kit before you need one
- How boundaries affect every other area of your life, and what to do when yours need work
A note on this page
An earlier version of this page presented what was described as a full transcript of the episode. That text named the host incorrectly and could not be verified against the recording, so it was removed on August 9, 2026. This page has been rebuilt from the show’s own published feed and episode notes. Both hosts’ names were spelled incorrectly on the earlier version of this page, and that version contained no contribution from Annie at all despite presenting itself as a transcript of her appearance. The host names, the episode number, the air date and the topics above were verified against the show’s own feed and the hosts page at sortaawesomeshow.com. The show does not publish a transcript, so none is reproduced here. The full conversation is available in the episode linked above.
