Born from the
weight of "Yes."
Boundary as Relief grew out of lived experience, not theory. I know what it’s like to be capable, conscientious, and constantly depleted—praised for being “good” while slowly erasing myself. This practice exists to help people build boundaries that create relief, not resistance.
The Architecture of Intregity
The Blueprint
We don’t view boundaries as rules. We view them as blueprints for your energy. Just as a building needs load-bearing walls, a human life needs non-negotiable supports to remain standing. Without them, everything feels heavier than it should.
The Foundation
Integrity is our starting point. When you stop self-abandoning, you stop the internal leaking of power. You become a stable source of influence—able to respond instead of react.
The Expansion
Paradoxically, the tighter your boundaries, the larger your world becomes. When you stop scattering your energy on the trivial, you finally have room for what brings depth, meaning, and ease.
Meet the Architect
Carie Giroux spent decades in professional environments where reliability, responsiveness, and emotional steadiness were rewarded. She became the person others depended on—at work, at home, and in relationships—while quietly learning to override her own limits to keep everything running smoothly.
The shift came when she recognized that her struggle with boundaries wasn’t a character flaw or a lack of care. It was a learned survival strategy. She had been choosing short-term harmony over long-term sustainability—absorbing stress, managing expectations, and carrying more than was ever hers to hold.
Once she began practicing the frameworks she now teaches, she stopped burning weekends rewriting apologies in her head and learned to hold “no” without fearing abandonment.
Today, Carie works with high-capacity professionals and individuals navigating major life transitions to rebuild boundaries that work in real life—not just in theory. Her work helps people create relief in both their professional roles and personal lives, without burning down relationships or abandoning themselves in the process.
Integrity • Presence • Relief
Structural
Credentials.
The clinical and professional frameworks that support our methodology.
ACC - International Coaching Federation
Associate Certified Coach
Training in ethical coaching standards, behavioral change, and client-centered development.
Wayfinder Life Coaching
Certified Life Coach
Foundational training in values-based decision-making, self-trust, and sustainable personal change.
CBT & REBT Informed Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Rational Emotive Behavior TherapyTools for identifying thought patterns that drive self-abandonment and chronic over-responsibility.
Confidence & Mindset Coaching
Certified Confidence & Mindset Coach
Behavioral and identity-based approaches to rebuilding self-trust and internal authority.
B.A. – Rutgers University
English LiteratureAcademic training in critical analysis, language, narrative structure, and meaning-making.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
We prioritize the relationship you have with yourself over the expectations others place on you.
Our methodology is not about being “difficult.” It’s about being deliberate. We believe a well-defined boundary is one of the highest forms of respect you can offer another person—because it tells them exactly where you are, and exactly what you have the capacity to give.