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Don’t Push My Buttons! anger awareness controlling your feelings emotional growth fighting with your spouse finding opportunities personal growth personal responsibility Oct 19, 2020

What is the difference between reacting and responding? 

The most important difference is the control you have over your emotions.  When we react, it is an emotional knee-jerk snap.  It is usually as a result of someone ‘pushing our buttons’.  We can go from 0 to 100 in seconds.  It is sometimes as...

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Healthy Relationships Require Healthy Boundaries boundaries codependence control freedom healthy relationships love personal responsibility Jun 26, 2015

By Karen McMahon


We need boundaries to experience healthy loving relationships.  Yet so many of us did not grow up in families that exhibited healthy boundaries.  In fact, we may have experienced quite the opposite and not even understand what a boundary is.  If your relationship is facing crisis...

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