Necessary Endings: Day 38
If you want to return from the wilderness after a major setback in your life, you may need to leave some friends behind. These are necessary endings in order to get your life back.
Set Boundaries To Stop Being Offended
Are you easily offended? We live in an age of outrage. But is that the person you want to be? This is the third post in a three part series on setting boundaries in your life.
Set Healthy Boundaries: Four guidelines
People often wonder whether it’s healthy to set boundaries in a relationship. If so, where should those boundaries be drawn and how can they be communicated clearly and kindly? Did Jesus model boundaries in his own relationships and ministry? This post will offer practical direction and guidelines for establishing boundaries in your relationships so they can become more resilient, respectful, and less stressful for everyone involved.
Take Back the Pen
If you don’t like the story of your life it might be because you are letting the wrong people write your story. To reclaim your story you should take back the pen from these people by setting boundaries for them.
Setting Boundaries in Seven Steps
Setting boundaries is not meant to punish. But consequences are necessary to gain the space and respect you desire. Here are seven steps to creating healthy boundaries in a relationship.
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Key Questions To Ask Yourself
Sometimes people use boundaries incorrectly. They use them to punish people. But boundaries, used correctly, can help you to keep unhealthy people at a safe distance in your relationships.
A Decision Making Process for Establishing Boundaries
Deciding how to set healthy boundaries in a relationship can be diffiicult. This post offers the first of a series of questions to help you in the decision making process of setting boundaries.
Boundaries: What Is Your Responsibility?
Do people take advantage of you? Do you find it hard to say “no” and you end up taking responsibility for their lives? Is it stressing you out? This is part two in a series on setting boundaries.
Grieving the Loss of Family Relationships
Feeling rejected by family? This article offers compassionate insights and practical 'rules of engagement' for navigating broken relationships when others aren't ready to reconcile.
Forgiveness, Boundaries and Family
Offering forgiveness is not easy. There are many factors to consider. In this post I answer three questions from readers about forgiving family members and setting boundaries.
Tough Questions and Answers about Forgiveness
In this post I answer two tough questions from readers about forgiveness and setting boundaries. What questions do you have about forgiving others or being forgiven?
How To Forgive: Set Boundaries
It’s hard to forgive if someone keeps offending you. Setting boundaries in your relationships will enable you to create space and be able to forgive. This is part two in a series helping you to forgive people in your life.