Good boundaries make for good relationships and a well-balanced life. As this month’s feature article points out, it’s not always clear what our boundaries are or need to be, so studying the “symptoms” of ignored or ineffective boundaries is a good place to start. While you’re at it, why not examine the curious paradox pointed out in the article on self-acceptance: When we accept ourselves just as we are, then we can change. For comments, questions or responses to this newsletter, please click here.
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Tending the Fences: Setting Healthy Boundaries
“Good fences make good neighbors.”
So goes the old proverb from the well-loved Robert Frost poem.
Likewise, good personal boundaries make for good relationships. Boundaries are... full
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The following questions are designed to broaden perspectives, to open vistas, to widen the lens.
There is no one right way to... more
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Learning to Live With (and Love) Ourselves
Mary thinks she’d be happy if she could just change her weight, her looks and her job. Sean believes that he’s an okay person except for certain personality traits, such as anxiety, impatience and his quick temper. Yolanda’s shelves are bulging with self-improvement books; she’s read them all but she still ...full
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Recommended
Reading
Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual Optimism, by Joan Borysenko, PhD
Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success, by John C. Maxwell
Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength & Love, by Judith Orloff, MD
Today's
Quote
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
—J.K. Rowling
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