A "clean" boundary, per this framework, has three defining components: it is Clear, Calm, and Consistent. The model was presented as a named triad — "The Three C's of a Clean Boundary" — on a studio presentation screen during a televised interview segment titled "Building Healthy Boundaries": "The Three C's of a Clean Boundary — Clear, Calm, Consistent" (raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar, slide 3).
The framework frames boundary-setting as a skill with a specific, repeatable structure rather than a one-time act: a boundary only counts as "clean" if it satisfies all three criteria at once. The segment's on-screen subtitle ties the framework to a practical outcome — avoiding burnout — rather than to interpersonal conflict resolution in the abstract: "How to set up situations to avoid burnout and stress" (raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar, slide 3).
Claim [synthesis]: The pairing of this framework with a second segment titled "The Art of Detachment" in the same appearance suggests the Three C's are positioned as the practice that produces the emotionally "unbothered" state the detachment segment names as its outcome (raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar, slides 3, 9).
The source presents only the three labels themselves on the broadcast graphic; no elaboration of each term's mechanics beyond the segment subtitle is available in this source (raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar, slide 3).
The segment frames the framework as applicable to "situations" one wants to "set up" proactively to avoid burnout and stress, rather than as a reactive script for an already-escalated conflict: "How to set up situations to avoid burnout and stress" (raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar, slide 3).
The framework is presented as a three-word broadcast graphic within a single televised segment, with no worked example, script, or case study captured in this source — the terms are named but not demonstrated (raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar, slide 3). This is currently a single-source concept; no corroborating or contradicting source has entered the corpus yet.
type: concept title: Three C's of a Clean Boundary description: A boundary-setting framework holding that a "clean" boundary is Clear, Calm, and Consistent. tags: - psychology - boundaries - self-development created: 2026-07-23 updated: 2026-07-23 timestamp: '2026-07-23T00:00:00Z' sources: - raw/ig-carousel-pinch-me-unbothered-is-now-a-dzgr5apmhar confidence: low origin: ingest concepts: - three-cs-of-clean-boundary - boundary-setting - emotional-detachment