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Foundations of Mindful Boundaries in Practice

Healthy boundaries,from the inside out.

A comprehensive, science-informed and practice-based training in the Mindful Boundaries Method™—a compassionate system for setting clear, caring boundaries in real relationships, work, and helping contexts.

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The complete course

$294

5 chapters
25 lessons

7+ hours of structured learning
Guided worksheets & practices
Teaching + integration support

Clarity and care were never meant to be opposites.

We’re often told healthy boundaries matter. Far fewer of us are taught how to create and maintain them when we feel responsible for others, pulled toward self-sacrifice, uncertain about what we need, or afraid of conflict.

The Mindful Boundaries Method™ moves beyond rigid rules, one-size-fits-all scripts, and “just say no” advice. It treats boundaries as dynamic practices of care—for you, for others, and for the relationships and contexts that matter.

Across three core modules, you’ll learn to recognize boundary challenges, clarify what matters, communicate with greater confidence, and adapt your boundaries without losing your center.

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Is this course for you?

Thoughtful guidance for real-life complexity.

This course is for thoughtful people who want healthier, more effective boundaries in relationships, work, and daily life.

  • Especially supportive for therapists, helping professionals, caregivers, educators, and leaders.
  • Equally relevant for anyone navigating family, friendship, work, responsibility, and care.
  • Useful whether you’re setting boundaries for the first time or refining a lifelong practice.
  • No prior mindfulness or psychology experience required.
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What you’ll gain

A boundary practice that feels like your own.

Not borrowed scripts. A flexible way to meet boundary moments with greater clarity, confidence, and care.

01 · Clarity

Clearer boundaries from the inside out

  • A practical framework for understanding what healthy boundaries are and what they protect.
  • A more compassionate relationship to boundaries—less guilt, rigidity, and self-protection alone.
  • Research-backed insight into why boundaries feel hard and how to make them more effective.

02 · Communication

More confidence in charged moments

  • Tools for guilt, fear, over-explaining, resentment, and people-pleasing.
  • Practice templates and example language for clear, authentic communication.
  • Step-by-step guidance for work, family, friendship, caregiving, and helping roles.

03 · Resilience

A practice that grows with you

  • Deeper alignment with your values, needs, roles, and relationships.
  • Resources you can return to as your circumstances and responsibilities evolve.
  • Boundaries understood not as walls, but as pathways to protection, connection, and well-being.

Designed for real life

Deep enough to transform. Flexible enough to finish.

7+ hours

Structured video and audio learning across three core modules.

10–20 min

Focused teaching videos in each core lesson, plus brief integrations.

Audio-friendly

Listen on the go through your mobile browser.

Ongoing access

Return to the core course, future updates, and additions.

Many learners spend 2–4 hours per module. Move through the course in a week or two, or take your time to reflect and apply each practice.

Experience it first

Two free lessons. One important question.

Get a feel for the course’s tone, depth, and relational approach before you enroll.

With Jordan Quaglia, PhD

Three Boundary Assumptions That Keep Us Stuck

See how common assumptions about boundaries can increase guilt, confusion, and disconnection.

With Clarissa Cigrand, PhD, LPC

Can You Set Boundaries and Still Be a Caring Person?

Explore the central principle that clear boundaries and genuine care can coexist.

The three-module journey

Understand. Practice. Embody.

A deliberate progression from the foundations of healthy boundaries to a resilient practice you can adapt across roles and seasons of life.

01

Foundations of Healthy Boundaries

Discover what boundaries truly are, the qualities that make them healthy, the difference between inner and outer boundaries, and why cultivating them from the inside out can be transformative.

02

The Mindful Boundaries Method™ in Practice

Learn the method step by step through real-world examples, practical tools, and care-based guidance grounded in clarity, compassion, and confidence.

03

Building Boundary Resilience

Move beyond rules and surface strategies. Learn to work with fixed views and care blind spots, adapt across roles and relationships, and keep practicing when guilt or difficulty arises.

Complete curriculum

Know exactly what’s inside.

Five chapters. Twenty-five lessons. Two free previews. Practical teaching paired with reflective integration.

5 chapters25 lessons

Your teachers

Two experienced educators bring complementary perspectives to every core lesson.

Jordan Quaglia, PhD

Creator & lead teacher

Jordan Quaglia, PhD

Author, professor, and public speaker; founder and director of Weve Institute; and Associate Professor of Psychology at Naropa University, where he directs the Cognitive and Affective Science Lab. Jordan developed the Mindful Boundaries Method™ and wrote From Self-Care to We-Care (Shambhala, 2025).

Clarissa Cigrand, PhD, LPC

Co-Teacher & Integration Lead

Clarissa Cigrand, PhD, LPC

Assistant Professor in Naropa University’s Mindfulness-Based Counseling program, licensed professional counselor, researcher, and content expert with the Awake Network. Clarissa brings a grounded, heart-centered approach that honors inner wisdom and embodied connection.

Professional development

Optional 6 CE credits.

Six Home Study CE Credits with APA Provider Approval are available as a $27 add-on at checkout for eligible mental health professionals.

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Course learning objectives

  • Identify common boundary misconceptions and explain how a mindful, relational approach differs from rigid or purely self-protective models.
  • Apply the Mindful Boundaries Method™ to clarify when a boundary may be needed and what form it should take.
  • Use the core practices to formulate clear, caring, context-sensitive actions and communication.
  • Distinguish steady commitment from flexible strategies for maintaining or adapting a boundary over time.
  • Apply boundary principles in therapeutic and helping relationships while considering role clarity, ethics, and the needs of all involved.

Questions, answered

Everything you need to decide.

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Scope and support

This course is for adult learners age 18 and older and supports education, reflection, and skill-building for everyday to moderately challenging interpersonal situations. It is not a substitute for professional care, therapy, clinical supervision, legal guidance, crisis support, or other appropriate support for situations involving greater complexity, risk, harm, or urgency.

Ready when you are

Set boundaries with greater clarity, confidence, and care.

Build a flexible, care-based practice you can return to across relationships, roles, and seasons of life.

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