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How to Set Boundaries That Actually Stick at Work and Home with Kendall Berg

Feb 17, 2026

Kendall Berg, a career coach who rebuilt her career and earned rapid promotions by mastering communication and boundaries. She explains the three core boundaries—time, communication, priorities. Learn about setting an Ideal Week, limiting priorities to three or fewer, using PMRs (prepared responses) for pushback, and negotiating clear trade-offs to keep boundaries intact.

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INSIGHT

Time Alone Doesn't Equal Success

Working more hours didn't drive promotions; being easier to work with did.
Boundaries created space to be a better, more effective version of yourself.

ADVICE

Protect Time, Communication, And Priorities

Set three boundary categories: time, communication, and priorities, and treat time as the master resource.
Protect where you apply time by aligning actions to clear priorities.

ADVICE

Limit Focus To Three Priorities

Limit your active focus to three priorities at a time and treat fewer as acceptable.
Use these top priorities to decide what you will and won't protect with boundaries.

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You know the boundaries you've set a hundred times before? The ones that work great for about three days until someone asks you to take on one more thing, stay late one more time, or handle one more crisis? We've all been there. Setting boundaries is the easy part. It's the keeping them that feels impossible when someone is standing in front of you asking for more.

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Kendall Berg, a career coach who learned about boundaries the hard way. After being told she was great at her job but terrible to work with, she made a complete turnaround that led to five promotions in six years. The secret? It wasn't working harder or longer hours. It was finally building boundaries that could withstand real-world pressure. Kendall shares why working 80-hour weeks never got her ahead, how having a baby forced her to rethink everything, and the exact framework she uses to maintain boundaries even when priorities shift and people push back.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

Why setting boundaries is easy but keeping them is hard
The three types of boundaries you need (time, communication, priorities)
How to use PMRs (Proactive Mitigation Responses) when boundaries get pushed
Why you can only focus on three priorities maximum
How to create your Ideal Week to protect your time

Connect with Kendall:

www.instagram.com/thatcareercoach

thatcareercoach.net

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