Setting Boundaries® with Your Aging Parents: Finding Balance Between Burnout and RespectThis important book from the author of Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children (more than 40,000 sold) will help adult children who long for a better relationship with their parents but feel trapped in a never-ending cycle of chaos, crisis, or drama. With keen insight and a passion to empower adult children, Allison charts a trustworthy roadmap through the often unfamiliar territory of setting boundaries with parents while maintaining personal balance and avoiding burnout. Through the use of professional advice, true stories, and scriptural truth, readers learn how to apply the “6 Steps to SANITY”: S-STOP your own negative behavior Resources are available at the ministry website: www.settingboundaries.com |
From inside the book
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... I've come to an inner reconciliation that is still often challenged by the cultural belief that family relationships should be protected and sustained at all cost. My training as a psychologist precluded faith-based solutions to ...
... I've also been helping them make ends meet by supplementing their monthly income with cash . I've been glad to do this while they get back on their feet . " He did this every month . He worked with them , he budgeted with them , and ...
... I've been making the payments because the car is in my name and I don't want my credit score to be damaged. I hate to see my 65-year-old dad without a car, but I'm getting married, and this financial burden is causing some stress for my ...
... I've learned a great deal in my decades-long journey of setting boundaries in my own life and finding sanity in my difficult relationship with my adult son—my only child. I've also gained insight into the world of boundaries as founder ...
... I've been distributing a questionnaire to men and women around the country for more than a year . I'll refer to the results of this survey throughout the book . Webster's defines a boundary as " something that marks or fixes a limit ...
Contents
Its All About Change and Choice | |
Im Only Trying to Help | |
The Motivation Behind the Madness | |
NNip Excuses in the | |
IImplement Rules and Boundaries | |
TTrustYour Instincts 17 YYield Everything to | |
The Dawn of a New Beginning | |
Put It in Writing | |
Stress Triggers | |
Expectations | |
Consequences | |
Pain from the Past | |
Toxic Elders and Destructive Choices | |
The Power of Love and Forgiveness | |
Respect | |
When Your Parents Become Dependent | |
Financial Fallout | |
The Six Steps to SANITY | |
SStop Your Own Negative Behavior | |
AAssemble a Support Group | |
Sowing and Reaping | |
A Closing Message from Allison | |
Sample Letters | |
Notes | |
Stay in Touch | |
About the Author | |
You can also find SANITY in the first of Allisons Setting Boundaries books | |
Six Steps to SANITY Support Groups An Invitation from Allison COMING SOON Spring 2011 | |
Other editions - View all
Setting Boundaries with Your Aging Parents: Finding Balance Between Burnout ... Allison Bottke No preview available - 2010 |