People Wear you OUT??? Many people are very self centered and they like to talk about only themselves.  They tend to take all of the support you can give and then some.  Other people are just downright manipulative and controlling.  They want what they want and they don’t care if you have to sacrifice to get what they...

Relationship Boundaries We all have  Boundaries that we enforce with one another.  You wouldn’t let me just slap you would you?  That is a boundary.  (And a good one I might add.)  Many of our boundaries are not as clear, especially to the ones we care about.  If I don’t like the way someone is treating me then I...

Out of Sink Relationally? In Balancing our lives we addressed Health and Finance.  Now let’s look at our < Relationships >.  Like the rest of the areas of our life, if our Relationships are out of Sink the rest of our life is effected.  Relationships get out of Sink for various reasons such as hurts and...

Thanksgiving Families Thanksgiving is traditionally a time of family gatherings and thankfulness.  Yet I am reminded that some family members actually cause more stress during this season.  Getting our focus off of our problems and being thankful for what we have, will help reduce your stress however this can be offset by a...