Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life - Softcover

Cloud Ph.D., Dr. Henry; Townsend, Dr. John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310209749 ISBN 13: 9780310209744

Publisher: Zondervan, 1996

Synopsis

Is your life out of control?Do people take advantage of you?Do you have trouble saying no?Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible. Boundaries define who we are and who we are not.Boundaries affect all areas of our lives:Physical boundaries help us determine who may touch us, how, and when.Mental boundaries give us freedom to have our own thoughts and opinions.Emotional boundaries help us deal with our own emotions and disengage us from the harmful, manipulative emotions of others.Spiritual boundaries help us distinguish God's will from our own and give us renewed awe for our Creator.Often, Christians focus so much on being loving and unselfish that they forget their own limits and limitations. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend offer biblically based insights into how to set healthy boundaries with our parents, spouses, children, friends, co-workers, and even ourselves---boundaries that give us freedom to walk as the loving, giving, fulfilled individuals God created us to be.

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Synopsis:
While co-dependency was the buzzword of the 1980s, boundaries may be the word for the 1990s. According to authors and clinical psychologists, Henry Cloud and John Townsend, a boundary is defined as one’s personal property line and delineates those things for which he or she is responsible. The premise of their book, Boundaries, and its accompanying workbook, is that a great number of psychological, spiritual, and relational disorders have boundary conflicts at their core. This Gold Medallion award-winning book seeks to present a biblical treatment of boundaries, identifies how boundaries are developed and how they become disrupted, illustrates misconceptions of their function and purpose, targets boundary conflicts, and gives a program for developing and maintaining healthy limits. Boundaries affect all areas of our lives: · Physical boundaries help us determine who may touch us, how, and when. · Mental boundaries give us freedom to have our own thoughts and opinions. · Emotional boundaries help us deal with our own emotions and disengage us from the harmful, manipulative emotions of others. · Spiritual boundaries help us distinguish God’s will from our own and give us renewed awe for our Creator. The Boundaries Workbook, available separately, provides practical, non-theoretical exercises that will help set healthy boundaries with parents, spouses, children, freidns, co-workers, and even yourself.

About the Author

Dr. Henry Cloud and his colleague Dr. John Townsend are popular speakers, psychologists, cohosts of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! radio program, and cofounders of the Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources. He graduated with a doctorate in clinical psychology from Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology at Biola University, and maintains a practice in Newport Beach, California. Together, they are best-selling coauthors of several books, including How People Grow, Boundaries in Dating, Boundaries with Kids, The Mom Factor, Safe People, and Twelve "Christian" Beliefs That Can Drive You Crazy. Dr. Cloud is the author of Changes that Heal. www.CloudTownsend.com Dr. John Townsend and his colleague Dr. Henry Cloud are popular speakers, psychologists, cohosts of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! radio program, and cofounders of the Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources. He graduated with a doctorate in clinical psychology from Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology at Biola University, and maintains a practice in Newport Beach, California. Together, they are best-selling coauthors of several books, including How People Grow, Boundaries in Dating, Boundaries with Kids, The Mom Factor, Safe People, and Twelve "Christian" Beliefs That Can Drive You Crazy. Dr. Townsend is the author of Hiding From Love. www.CloudTownsend.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0310209749
• ISBN 13: 9780310209744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304