Part 12: Successful vs. Unsuccessful Boundaries
Either your boundaries are successful or they’re not. They either serve you or they don’t. Do they make your life better and more productive, or add stress and frustration? How can you know if they’re working? Evaluating Your Boundaries Don’t make this more complicated than it needs to be. Keep…
Part 10: Setting Boundaries with Yourself
When we think of setting boundaries, we usually think of relationships with other people and how we expect to be treated. But, some of the most important boundaries we will ever create are the ones we set with ourselves. One of your most important relationships is the one you have…
Part 9: Setting Boundaries At Work
People struggle with setting boundaries within the workplace, but when you consider all the time they spend at work, having workplace boundaries is essential to health and happiness. The Case for Workplace Boundaries Professional boundaries guard against burnout and feeling unfulfilled in the workplace. Workplace boundaries prevent you from pushing…
Part 8: Boundaries Within Families
Boundaries within families are important. Having boundaries for your spouse and children will create a happier marriage and home life. Time & Space Boundaries Marriage is one of the most challenging yet joyful relationships anyone can experience. But your relationship with your partner doesn’t automatically get easier when you get…
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 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…