Boundaries

201 Transference happens frequently with bosses because they are authority figures. The boss-employee relationship can trigger a ...

202 community are not the support structures they once were, people look to their colleagues for the emotional support a fam- il ...

203 The first is emotional. Conflicts at work need to be dealt with and worked through so they do not begin to affect the rest o ...

204 of a consistory meeting, he said, “I never wanted to be a pastor anyway. It was my mother’s wish, not mine.” He did not have ...

205 As you develop your talents, look at your work as a partner- ship between you and God. He has given you gifts, and he wants ...

206 12. Boundaries and Your Self S arah heaved a long sigh. She’d been working on major bound- ary issues in her therapy for a w ...

207 Instead of this defensive posture, we are much better off to look humbly at ourselves. To ask for feedback from others. To l ...

208 impulse spending careless budgeting living beyond one’s means credit problems chronically borrowing from friends ineffectua ...

209 These people breeze into meetings fifteen minutes late and breathlessly apologize, talking about traffic, overwhelming job r ...

210 Though they may be great starters, many Christians find themselves unable to be good finishers. For one reason or another, c ...

211 spend inordinate amounts of time on irrelevant details. He couldn’t seem to get to the point. Other members were spacing out ...

212 restraint” (Prov. 17:27). According to The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for “restrain” refers ...

213 and insatiable. No matter how many orgasms are reached, the desire only deepens, and the inability to say no to one’s lusts ...

214 person’s constant criticism. You can change subjects, rooms, houses, or continents. You can leave. But what if this critical ...

215 their newfound relationships, these people will often retreat to their rooms to work out the problem. They’ll spend several ...

216 niture. It was just what we needed. The price was right. The only problem was that we couldn’t afford it. I guess I’m hopele ...

217 and it rebels. Especially after we make statements such as, “I will never” and “I will always,” we act out with a vengeance. ...

218 out-of-control behavior brings relationship. The family came together when the alcoholic member drank. Distorted need. Some ...

219 ily problems, neglect, abuse, or trauma. In other words, our boundary conflicts may not be all our fault. They are, however, ...

220 Evil can take over the empty house of our souls. Even when our lives seem to be in order, isolation guarantees spiritual vul ...