“Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.” — John Bradshaw 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
“When you journey inwardly exploring yourself, a sense of personal trust begins.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Boundary violations are deeply experienced.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“So, your friends call you Bastian. Your enemies call you asshole. What do lovers call you?” “Why do you want to know?”… — Rachel Grant 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… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Under this aura of perfection he knows how flawed he really is but his intact denial system keeps this awareness suppressed in… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Awkward silences rule the world. People are so terrified of awkward silences that they will literally go to war rather than face… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“No one escapes some degree of chaos for it is so ever prevalent; it is the human experience. This realization does not… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“If you should choose to look at those files, you will have to live with the consequences of your choices while, at… — Donna K. Childree Copy Share Image
“The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie’s tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, “Ma’am, here is the… — Harold Phifer 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… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“What are humans meant to do; why are we here? Are we a mutation on the earth destroying its host? Are we… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“All people cross the line from childhood to adulthood with a secondhand opinion of who they are. Without any questioning, we take… — Heyward Ewart Copy Share Image
“The whole time I was growing up...living in this house...Papa was like a shadow that followed you everywhere. ...It would wrap around… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“Our parents were our first gods. If parents are loving, nurturing, and kind, this becomes the child’s definition of the creator. If… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“My mother's mouth drops. 'Emmy...don't say those things Emmy. Remember, we don't talk about those things.' 'Yes Mom. I remember. That's why… — Emily Andrews Copy Share Image
“Often, her mate is the child of a narcissist, already indoctrinated to regard exploitation and disregard as love. Others lured by the… — Elan Golomb Copy Share Image
“Adults who were hurt as children inevitably exhibit a peculiar strength, a profound inner wisdom, and a remarkable creativity and insight. Deep… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
“Thomas had a younger sister, Ester, who was a facsimile of the womanizer brother, who had behaviors that mirrored her brother’s treatment… — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
“You did not invent these family habits. Your family is like mine, for thousands and thousands of years our families have embraced… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“No, I wanted to say, he didn't cut off her hands because he didn't have to, he had cut them off long… — Carolina De Robertis Copy Share Image
“To cope, he and his siblings – older and younger sisters, a younger brother - created a game called Henry Kissinger. Palahniuk… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“There's something to that in both directions," said Ekaterin mildly. "Nothing is more guaranteed to make one start acting like a child… — Lois McMaster Bujold 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
“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial. The denial forces members to keep believing the myths and vital lies in… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Wounded parents often unintentionally inflict pain and suffering on their children and these childhood wounds causes a laundry list of maladaptive behaviors… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Codependency is a learned set of behaviors, thought processes, and habits. When combined together, they fit a very loose definition. All people… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“See, I think there are roads that lead us to each other. But in my family, there were no roads - just… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“This imbalance causes resentments within the over-responsible and dependency with the irresponsible person and this dynamic becomes the destructive life-pattern not conducive… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“It is hundreds of tiny threads of memories, which sew people together through the years. Despite, their mental separation they stay woven… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
