by Allison | Nov 19, 2015 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Co-Dependency, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
Why Does Someone Live Like This? . I had just finished watching a movie on television and randomly clicked through the channels to see if anything else caught my eye. When I saw a woman teetering precariously atop a huge mound of junk, I stopped. She was nicely...
by Allison | Sep 2, 2015 | Enabling, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
When we make the decision to resign from whatever role we’re playing in our difficult person’s drama, the storyline can turn quickly to melodrama. When we decide to set boundaries and find balance, the excuses for why we shouldn’t can pop up like weeds in a garden. My...
by Allison | Jun 3, 2015 | Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
In order to obey God’s commandment to love our neighbors, we need to consider the perspective of the difficult people in our lives. Having empathy includes understanding that these people have feelings and emotions of their own. Unless we’ve walked in...
by Allison | Feb 4, 2014 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Co-Dependency, Enabling, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
A reader sent me the following plea for help. My response might not have been what she expected. . Dear Allison: I am struggling with issues dealing with my mom and son. My son moved out when he was a teen, he didn’t want to follow the rules at home and was...
by Allison | Feb 3, 2014 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
Setting healthy boundaries is first and foremost about love—the love God has for us, the love He wants us to have for own lives, and the love He wants us to share with others. Setting Boundaries with Difficult People (pg 14)
by Allison | Feb 22, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Co-Dependency, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People, Wisdom & Resources
If we believe wholeheartedly that God is personally involved in our life, we would expect that He has something specific in mind for us to do while we’re here on earth. In their book, Being Christian, Exploring Where You, God, and Life Connect, authors Stephen...
