The physicality of a real relationship - one that encompasses mind, body and soul - ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association,… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“A good supportive relationship cherishes the no of all parties involved. The members know that true intimacy is only built around the… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“The person who experiences disruption of bonding recoils and withdraws emotionally. He does not experience his need, the hunger for love. Instead,… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Physical presence provides chemical, relational, psychological and physiological effects that virtual relationships cannot. Our brains change in the presence of another person… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Defensive devaluation is a protective device that makes love bad, trust unimportant and people "no darn good any way". People who have… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Every relationship has problems, because every person has problems, and the place that our problems appear most glaringly is in our close… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“We can't manipulate people into swallowing our boundaries by sugarcoating them. Boundaries are a "litmus test" for the quality of our relationships.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“In a healthy relationship, each partner is responsible for his own feelings, attitudes, behaviors, and choices. And each partner holds the other… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Are we paying attention to what is important, inhibiting the things that will not help or will hurt us, and keeping current?” — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Neglecting them leads to spiritual and emotional problems; having them met, however, frees us to meet the needs of others cheerfully and without resentment.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“we need people to whom we can talk and who will understand without invalidating our feelings by saying the following: You shouldn’t feel that… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“What appear to be dangerous and even bad periods in some lives can actually bring them closer to the Lord, because these individuals honestly… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“We are drawn to Jesus because “he learned obedience from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). People who are growing up are also drawn to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness and opening up to more abuse are not the same thing. Forgiveness has to do with the past. Reconciliation and boundaries have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
