by Allison | Jan 10, 2013 | Allison Bottke's Blog, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Food, Wisdom & Resources
I’ve talked with hundreds of women and men around the world about the topic of boundaries. It’s clear that not only do we lack healthy relationship priorities, but we’re confused and often deeply troubled about what is and isn’t our responsibility in the first place,...
by Allison | Dec 21, 2012 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Co-Dependency, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Wisdom & Resources
Many parents in pain have grown accustomed to maintaining a kind of “silent shame” concerning sharing the circumstances and issues surrounding our adult children. Attending or assembling a support group is...
by Allison | Dec 20, 2012 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Wisdom & Resources
Comscore.com just released its holiday e-commerce numbers for the week, and according to the report, this past week was the heaviest five-day online shopping period on record. So far, retail e-commerce spending for the first 44 days of the November–December 2012...
by Allison | Dec 19, 2012 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People, Wisdom & Resources
The Seven Days Until Christmas It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … the time of year when all the family members gather, those we can’t wait to see…and others we wish we didn’t have to see. There,...
by Allison | Dec 11, 2012 | Adult Children, Allison Bottke's Blog, Co-Dependency, Enabling, Hope/Healing, Setting Boundaries with Difficult People, Setting Boundaries with Food, VIP Guest Blogs, Wisdom & Resources, WLS
New Material NOW AVAILABLE for Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children I know many of you can relate to walking in the valleys of trial, tribulation, and testing this past year. I know it’s been a hard year for many of us as I read your e-mail, and pray with and...