One of the first signs that you’re beginning to develop boundaries is a sense of resentment, frustration, or anger at the subtle and not-so-subtle violations in your life. Just as radar signals the approach of a foreign missile, your anger can alert you to boundary violations in your life.

Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child breaks the rule again, and the parent manages the consequences and empathy that then turn the rule into reality and internal structure for the child.

Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.

Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.