"You aren't alive if you aren't in need."
- Henry Cloud
"This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable."
"Defensive devaluation is a protective device that makes love bad, trust unimportant and people "no darn good any way". People who have been deeply hurt in their relationships will often devalue love s..."
"The most basic boundary-setting word is “no.” It lets others know that we exist apart from them and that we are in control of ourselves."
- Dr. Henry Cloud
"Learning to accept powerlessness has profound spiritual implications for your child. When we accept the reality of our human condition -- that we are ultimately powerless to change our fallen state, y..."
"Clarity leads to attention and attention leads to results."
"When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well."
"As a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: What you create and What you allow."
"For love to work, each spouse has to realize his or her freedom. And boundaries help define the freedom we have and the freedom we do not have. Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relations..."
"Certainly, child rearing requires many different interventions. There are times for helping, for not getting involved, or for being strict, But the real issue is this: Is what you are going being done..."