Divorcebusting.com | Contact

Register Log In

Divorcebusting.com Forums Open Forums For Newcomers Good book on boundaries?

Print Thread

Good book on boundaries? #2068219 09/02/10 01:47 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 374 R ris OP Member
OP ris Member R Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 374	I would like to recommend a book about boundaries to a friend, starting from very basics. I don't necessarily want her to come here... but I want to help her and she's struggling with that issue in her marriage. Accept that there is only one thing you can change in life and that is you Me:26 H:26 My thread

Re: Good book on boundaries? ris #2068229 09/02/10 01:57 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 768 J john28 Member
john28 Member J Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 768	If she was a guy I would recommend "Hold on to you N.U.T.S" ----"Et tu, Brute?"---- me:28 W:24 S4 T:6 M:4 EA Exposed: 5/21/10 Bomb: 6/20/10 (Father's Day) NC w/ OM: 7/10/10 W moved out 8/21/10 http://bit.ly/aOrZne - My sitch

Re: Good book on boundaries? john28 #2068232 09/02/10 01:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 374 R ris OP Member
OP ris Member R Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 374	Well, she's a girl :P Accept that there is only one thing you can change in life and that is you Me:26 H:26 My thread

Re: Good book on boundaries? ris #2068235 09/02/10 02:00 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,492 P pookie69 Member
pookie69 Member P Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,492	Quote: If she was a guy... No confusion here... Enjoy the Silence

Re: Good book on boundaries? pookie69 #2068243 09/02/10 02:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 335 2 2gthrButApart Member
2gthrButApart Member 2 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 335	A lot of people like Love Must Be Tough by Dr. Dobson. M:28 H:30 DD-9\| DD-7\| Baby- Due 11/10 T-14 \| M-8 10/08- Bomb 4/09- Failed attempt at Marriage Fitness Program 3/10- WH moved out. 7/10- Informed me he's filing in Aug

Re: Good book on boundaries? 2gthrButApart #2068258 09/02/10 02:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,164 P PMA_Baby! Member
PMA_Baby! Member P Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,164	Definitely start with the motha ship of all boundary books titled none other then "Boundaries" by Henry Cloud. Also has an accompanying workbook.

Re: Good book on boundaries? PMA_Baby! #2068264 09/02/10 02:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 374 R ris OP Member
OP ris Member R Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 374	It seems to me like both books rely on Christian background and neither her nor her husband are very religious. Is that approach very strong in these books? Accept that there is only one thing you can change in life and that is you Me:26 H:26 My thread

Re: Good book on boundaries? PMA_Baby! #2068277 09/02/10 02:49 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,372 S soleil Member
soleil Member S Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,372	Originally Posted By: PMA_Baby! Definitely start with the motha ship of all boundary books titled none other then "Boundaries" by Henry Cloud. Agreed. It's a good recommendation. I do so love the Hold Onto your N.U.T.S. title. It is a funny title.

Moderated by Cadet, DnJ, job, Michele Weiner-Davis

Link Copied to Clipboard

Michele Weiner-Davis Training Corp. 1996-2026. All rights reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5