Courses in our Relational Category
If you’ve heard me talk about The Pie of Life, you may recall that I talk about three areas — clinical, relational and performance. In the relational category of Boundaries.me, I’ll help you navigate the elements of relationships that allow them to thrive and guide you through the difficulties that arise during conflict.
Addressing Abuse and Harassment
It can't be said enough that a victim of abuse is never, ever at fault. A victim is a person who has, while in a helpless state, been injured by the exploitation of another. Some victimization is...
Addressing Your Spiritual Needs
All growth is spiritual growth. Christians are aware of their need to grow. Some come to this point because they possess a hunger and desire to know God and his ways better. Others are interested...
Boundaries and Trust
Trust is necessary for strong relationships. Some of us trust too much, and some of us are afraid to trust. But trust is something that we build together. When you know how to build it, trust is a...
Boundaries in Relationships
Relationships provide the essence of thriving, both for ourselves personally and professionally. But, not just any kind of relationship will do. The relationships that provide fulfillment to us have certain components to them.
Boundaries with In-Laws
It’s OK to have relationships with your parents, but not as your primary source of life. The relationships we have with our families is important, but when you leave and cleave, you’re making...
Codependency
Codependent relationships are more common than many people realize. Too many of us believe that we simply have to rescue others, or protect them from their own consequences, or that they could...
Codependency pt. 2
It’s important to be aware that sometimes a needy person needs more than we can provide. That is not his fault; it is just the reality of his situation. You may not have the expertise to meet his...
Difficult Conversations
Some of the most important conversations to have are often difficult. They can be difficult because it's something you care strongly about or difficult because the person you're talking with is...
Emotional Abuse
If you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship, you may feel like you’re doing something bad or something wrong when you set boundaries or try to be your own person. The people with whom we are...
Entitlement
There’s something common that happens in our personal lives. It is just one of the truths about life: sometimes we need to do something for ourselves that is not good for someone else, at least not...
Facing Controlling Relationships
At some point in our lives, we’ve allowed someone to cross our boundaries and have too much power. And it’s not as if we just woke up one day and suddenly allowed it to happen, but when we come to...
Forgiveness
When someone has been hurt, and they do one of two things. Either they confront the other person about something that has happened, the other person says he’s sorry, and they forgive, open themselves...
Hope
The difference between hoping and wishing is that hope comes from real, objective reasons that the future is going to be different from the past. Anything other than that is simply a wish that come...
How to Avoid Drama
Life is full of traps. Sometimes this fact is never more apparent than in our relationships with others. One of the biggest traps that we all fall into at one time or another is getting stuck in the...
How to Handle a Narcissist
Relationships are about something called empathy. And one of the things that we see at the heart of narcissism is that those individuals don’t really empathize with other people because there’s not...
How to Say No
The ability to say 'No' is one of the foundational concepts of Boundaries. Whether you're a people pleaser or simply going with the flow, saying 'yes' when we want to say 'no' leads into all sorts...
Listening
Listening is one of the most important aspects of a relationship. A person can’t influence, be present or even really bond with someone if they don’t feel heard or understood. Feeling understood is...
Necessary Endings
Getting to the next level always requires that we end something, leave it behind and move on. Grow itself demands that we move on. For many reasons, we have trouble letting go of the things that keep...
Safe and Unsafe People
Safe and Unsafe People is a course designed to help you identify your good and harmful relationships. You'll learn how to protect your connections with the people who help fuel your success, and how...
Safe and Unsafe People pt 2
This course is an extension of our first conversation on safe and unsafe people. Within these lessons, we’ll talk about how our consequences enforce our boundaries, identify gaslighting, and how to evaluate if someone really had the capacity to change.
Spiritual Abuse
The church by its very nature as a family of God activates our most primitive and dependent longings because we want a perfect family. God designed the church to be our second family, and often we...
Standing Up to Your Spouse
The issues are different for many couples, but the perplexity is often the same. One spouse feels something is missing, but he/she can’t figure out what it is. He/She tries to do the right things...
