We like to talk about boundaries like they’re free. Like they’re a mental health coupon you can clip out of a self-help book and hand to the people who drain you: “Sorry, I’m setting a boundary now.”

But the truth?

Boundaries cost something.

They cost comfort. They cost relationships. They cost reputation, and sometimes peace — the kind of peace you get from keeping the waters calm at the expense of your own sanity. Boundaries don’t come with applause. They come with silence, distance, and people who suddenly have “a problem with your tone.”

In this episode, we’re unpacking the emotional invoice of growth — the part nobody posts about. Because every time you say no, you’re saying yes to something else — your health, your faith, your sanity — but it still hurts.

I want to talk about what it feels like when you finally start choosing yourself, but it feels like losing everyone else. When protecting your peace looks a lot like isolation. When you start wondering if maybe you overdid it… or if the world just got too used to you saying yes.

And here’s the twist — this isn’t just about psychology.

Because therapy gives us tools, but faith gives us direction.

You can know all the coping mechanisms in the world, but if you don’t bring God into the spaces you’re trying to heal, you’ll just keep rearranging the same pain with different language. Boundaries without discernment are just walls. Boundaries with prayer? Those are gates — meant to open and close with purpose.

This episode walks that tightrope between emotional intelligence and spiritual obedience — where your therapist says, “protect your energy,” and God says, “protect your soul.”

I’ll share what that looks like in marriage, in family dynamics, and in burnout — especially the kind that sneaks up on you when you’re the reliable one. When you’re the one who keeps showing up until you finally realize no one’s showing up for you.

“Boundaries Are Expensive, Too” isn’t a rant — it’s a confession.

It’s me admitting that saying no doesn’t make me holy or healed. It just makes me honest. And maybe honesty is the beginning of healing.

We’ll talk about the guilt that follows the word no.

The awkward silence that comes after you enforce it.

And the sacred peace that eventually grows in the empty space that remains.

Because sometimes God prunes you by people, not to punish you, but to teach you that not everyone deserves access to your process.

So if you’ve ever felt like you’re drowning in everyone else’s expectations, if you’ve ever been told you’re “too distant” just because you started valuing your own time, if you’ve ever wondered why doing the right thing for your mental health feels so wrong… this episode is for you.

We’ll laugh a little, probably sigh a lot, and sit in that weird in-between place where faith meets fatigue and where healing feels like grief.

Because, yeah, therapy is expensive.

But boundaries?

They’ll cost you, too.

And maybe that’s okay. Because not everything that costs you something is a loss. Sometimes it’s just the down payment on peace.