by Allison | Jul 24, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Co-Dependency, Enabling, Publishing and Marketing, Wisdom & Resources, Women and Boundaries
The 5th book in the Setting Boundaries® series from Harvest House Publishers will officially release Thursday, August 1. On that special book launch day, I’ll be giving away one free copy of Setting Boundaries for Women every fifteen minutes for three hours as I...
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...
by Allison | Feb 12, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
I’d like to believe that most difficult people do not intentionally set out to be difficult, that the people who do cause us pain don’t wake up every morning and say, “Today I’m going to be as difficult as humanly possible and make life miserable for...
by Allison | Jan 22, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Food, Wisdom & Resources
Not all diets are destructive. What is destructive, however, is what we’re doing to our bodies when we frequently start and stop weight loss programs. Studies have proven the greater the number of failed diets, the greater the likelihood that stress-eating has been...
by Allison | Jan 17, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Food, Wisdom & Resources
We can be so busy and so intent on being “the winner” or being “the best” or “the richest” or “the thinnest” or “the most popular,” that we forget what is really important in our lives – our faith, our family, our friends, forgiveness, and fun! [1] The journey to find...
by Allison | Jan 15, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Food, Wisdom & Resources
Visible boundaries such as fences, signs, and dividing lines painted on streets and highways are easy to identify, but boundaries are also the unseen—invisible structures that support healthy, productive lives, and those can sometimes be more difficult to identify. ...
