Boundaries Quote by Anne Katherine

“Push too far into independence and we disconnect and hurt each other. Then in a longing for togetherness, we seek each other out; fumbling…

— Donna Goddard

“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something much bigger…

— Adyashanti

“I find intimacy within and between all of us that is not sentimental or romantic. From one point of view this intimacy can be…

— Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

One cannot really know an other without intimacy. Detached, objective observations alone leave a surface upon which it is too easy to project one's…

— Deena Metzger

Intimacy requires an ability to both merge and be separate, to come together and be apart, like oscillating on a giant swing from oneness…

— Charlotte Sophia Kasl

Sometimes we may find that our partner continues to seek satisfaction in a ways that we cannot live with. Nevertheless, when we decide to…

— Anonymous

In long-term relationships ... we are called upon to navigate that delicate balance between separateness and connectedness ... we confront the challenge of sustaining…

— Harriet Lerner

We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one worldview.

— Harriet Lerner

Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

— Cameron Diaz

“Just as mind rises up and rebels at un unskillful attempt to subdue it in meditation, a relationship will fall apart if the partners…

— Mark Epstein

“SITUATIONAL INTIMACY: Intimacy generated by a shared situation rather than a romantic or familial relationship, as when random train or airliner seatmates share their…

— Jon Winokur

“Good boundaries, created by the use of good intimacy skills, keep a committed or intimate relationship lightly balanced between the needs of the individual…

— Anne Katherine