“REAL people do not have to lie, exaggerate, or brag for they are self-contained in self-understanding and acceptance of themselves. REAL people… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“When I learned about the gray existing between the black and white of absolute terms, I began to experience more peace. The… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Consider letting go of the barriers between yourself and others, let go of the definition our culture has inflicted upon us and… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“The key problem I encounter working with wounded, depressed, and unhappy people is a lack of connection…starting from a disconnection from themselves… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“The strange part about a person’s lack of trust is that it often comes from not trusting themselves.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Shame is a powerful feeling. There is a tremendous difference between making a mistake and believing you are a mistake...If I don’t… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“The truth is, we tend to train people how we want to be treated. If others know you have wishy-washy boundaries then… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Reality may not be what you want it to be, but it is the reality you now must face. You can deny… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“As a parent who raised his children in dysfunction, I know the parental wounds my children received were not intentional; often they… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Many of the habits of dysfunctional families use are not from the lack of love but are the result of fear. Knowing… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“With improved coping skills forged through my midlife crisis, I now listen first and do not control, and I allow these now… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“If no one has boundaries…how can there be any transgression?” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Being judgmental is a form of attack keeping others off balance.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Mature adults gravitate toward new values and understandings, not just rehashing and blind acceptance of past patterns and previous learning. This is an ongoing… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“...the state of perfection is an elusive goal; demanding something so obscure as almost unattainable and can become a compulsive, crazy making squirrel-on-a-wheel way… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“People who are unwilling to talk about deep personal issues do not trust their own emotions.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“This is what we desire in intimate relationships but this deep connection is often so frightful that most do not take advantage of the… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Teenagers can spot hypocrisy a mile away and here I was telling them how to cope when they witnessed the shambles of my own… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
