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Learn from Barb across podcasts, articles, interviews, and publications. Browse and discover conversations about boundaries, recovery, self trust, and emotional health.
Selected Podcasts
These are just a few of the dozens of podcasts on which I've been a guest over the last several years.
AuDHD and Then Some Podcast with Ellie
This was one of my absolute favorite conversations as a podcast guest (and I've done many!). Yes, it's about boundaries, people-pleasing, self-worth, and why learning to set healthy boundaries can completely change your life. But it also encompasses my current thinking on boundaries and how it's evolved to place more emphasis on Internal Safety.
Why Boundaries Change Everything | Barb Nangle on People-Pleasing, Self-Worth & Neurodivergence 7/3/26. Why boundaries can feel especially difficult, how trauma and past experiences influence the way we relate to others, and practical ways to begin protecting your time, energy and wellbeing without feeling guilty. Listen here.
Drop the Stress, Not the Ball with Shaun Enright
Barb Nangle on Internal Safety: The Hidden Reason Heart-Led Coaches Freeze at the Offer, 6/21/26. What if the reason you freeze at the offer — the discount, the soften, the give-it-away — was never a sales problem at all? It's about not having a sense of internal safety. Listen here.
The Adult Child Podcast with Andrea Ashley
Unhealed Trauma and Dysfunctional Family Dynamics at Work 10/12/22. Hear about the ripple effect of Barb's boundary work on her coworkers, her project while working at Yale University. Listen here.
The Power of Reparenting Your Inner Family 11/22/23 Hear about Barb tackling traumatic incidences from her past by healing her inner family members thru experiencing emotions rather than soothing them. Listen here.
Setting Boundaries to Heal Adult Child Wounds 2/12/25. Listen here to Dive into this episode to discover how boundaries are the cornerstone of healing from childhood wounds.
The Recovery Show with Spencer T.
Boundaries Revisited 3/28/23. Barb distinguishes two types of boundaries, which she calls boundaries of self-containment, and boundaries of self-protection. Listen here.
Healthy Boundaries Create Internal Safety 2/19/26. Boundaries protect personal resources, create emotionally availability and construct internal safety and secure attachments. Listen here.
Selected Articles
How to Let Go of Anger and Frustration So You Can Have Peace. Are you the kind of person who gets pissed off in traffic or in line at the DMV? Read here.
The Easiest Way to Get More Control Over Your Life. COVID got you stressed and anxious? This might be why. Read here.
Stop Negative Thought Loops and Start Living Your Life. Negative thought loops make you feel productive, but you’re not. Read here.
How Gratitude Journaling Can Give You a Better Life. Lessons learned from my 21-year practice. Read here.
"Curious" publication on Medium.com
How to Upgrade Your Life by Improving Your Thought Life. Some frameworks to improve your internal dialogue. Read here.
Want more articles from Barb? Explore past issues of "Friday Fragments," Barb's weekly newsletter. Access the archive here.
🎥 Selected Video Interviews
Set Boundaries with Confidence. How to stop people-pleasing: boundaries, codependency and internal safety. Watch here.
Boundaries, Self-Worth and Saying No. Part 1 - Codependence, people-pleasing as survival mechanism and how integrity and boundaries are inseparable. Watch here.
Boundaries, Self-Worth and Saying No. Part 2 - Learn about the transitions that occur as you build boundaries and how they specifically effect business owners, with a case study of a social media manager's business. Watch here.
Boundaries, Self-Worth and Saying No. Part 3 - Time boundaries, why rest feels so difficult and what's happening in the nervous system when we just can't stop producing. Watch here.
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