Part 5: Enforcing Your Boundaries
How can people honor your boundaries if they don’t know about them? As it’s appropriate, share your boundaries with other people. Be Assertive but Kind… Make sure you’re assertive but kind. Try not to be aggressive or harsh. The trick is to be confident and graciously strong when communicating your…
Part 4: How To Set Boundaries
Creating and implementing boundaries is hard. But with a little practice, it gets easier. The key is learn to set appropriate boundaries for your efforts to be effective. Here are some tips for setting healthy, effective boundaries. The Mindset for Setting Boundaries The first step to setting good boundaries is…
Part 3: Why You Need Boundaries In Life and Love
Boundaries give you the freedom and space to live your life. Without them, you can’t be healthy or happy. But they can be tough to set and enforce. Here’s why: 1. Boundaries require you to put your needs and priorities first It isn’t easy putting yourself first because it feels…
Part 2: Why You Need Boundaries in Love and Life
Boundaries inform people about what matters most to you and how you manage your time, life, and energy. They demonstrate your beliefs, priorities, and values. Just as we use fences and gates to protect our personal property, boundaries are the invisible fences that protect our wellbeing. In general, there are…
Part 1: Why You Need Boundaries. Yes, Even In Marriage.
How chaotic would life be without boundaries? We use fences and signs to protect our property. We put doors and locks on our homes to keep people out. Boundaries are good. They provide safety, order and protection. But just as we use boundaries to protect our “stuff”, we should use…
5 Ways to Improve Your Relationship With Your Partner
Although relationships are fairly easy in the beginning, they take more effort over time to remain strong, healthy, and, most of all, happy. The following tips will help you navigate the ups and downs of life and build a passionate relationship that’s built on love, communication, and trust. Be a…
What Is Marriage? And What Kind Do You Want?
What is marriage? Is it a contract between two people to be honored until they divorce or die? Or is marriage more than a contract? Why Marriage? Why should people get married? To form a family? Financial stability? Share communal property? Reduce their income taxes? Pool their resources for trips…
Ways To Spice Up Your Marriage!
One of the reasons marriage is easy in the beginning is because it’s filled with intimacy and passion. But as the years pass, the relationship can go from steamy to lukewarm, or to even “ice-cold” if you’re not careful. A lack of emotional and physical intimacy is the end of…
How To Restore Romance In Your Marriage
Keeping romance alive after many years of marriage is a common challenge couples face. Passion and romance don’t just happen; feelings fade, which is why you have to intentionally tend the fires of romance. But the good news is that you’re in control of the levels of passion and romance…
Can Formal Reconciliation Save Your Marriage?
Couples considering divorce will often try a trial separation before deciding to move forward with ending the marriage. But, formal reconciliation is a valid option to explore while separated that might save the marriage. What is Formal Reconciliation? Reconciliation is more than a husband and wife trying to figure things…