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Wii20100919-Entry091-In Law, In Love

admin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:52:13 +0000

Trudi turns to an area of fences and relationships that we have yet to focus on – in-laws. What are the areas where you have felt yourself running into trouble in this area?

Whether you are in-law, have in-laws, or might someday become an in-law, there are some interesting things for you to consider in this lively session.

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Wii20100905-Entry089-I Do

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:35:06 +0000

How do you handle someone who does not respect your fences? What do you do with a fence-resistant person – especially if that person is your spouse?

Tim continues the discussion of what to do with a fence-resistant spouse. (See the previous post to view the clip that is referred to during the lesson.)

This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.

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Wii20100905-Media from today

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:30:52 +0000

Here is the video clip from class today. It is from CloudTownsend.com and encourages us to not treat people like they are projects.

Wii20100815-Entry086-Removing Boulders

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:30:15 +0000

The previous two weeks were spent discussing the types of conflicts we experience in relationships and, specifically, in marriage. Now we come to the big question: what do we DO about the conflict?

Tim discusses the two parts of every conflict, the path to take in any conflict, and why some conflicts are easier to resolve than others.

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Wii20100725-Entry083-Intruders

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:28:44 +0000

Where are the specific conflicts likely to happen when we try to establish fences – or because we don’t? What are the signs that you might have some problem fence areas?

Trudi talks about the Fence Wars we have in Marriage today. Specifically, we talk about the intruders that would try to come inside and disrupt your marriage, how we let them in, and how we keep them out.

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Wii20100613-Entry080-Fence Wars

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:06:57 +0000

Where are the specific conflicts likely to happen when we try to establish fences – or because we don’t? What are the signs that you might have some problem fence areas?

Tim talks about The Family You Grew Up With and gives steps for handling those problem areas.

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Wii20100509-Entry075-Adultness

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Tim discusses the Requirements for Being an Adult.

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Wii20100502-Entry074-For Adults Only

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:56:18 +0000

How do we become more lovable in our relationships, especially with our spouse? Tim brings the last part of this discussion, turning from limits within our own character to limits on our desire to control.

And what does maturity look like?

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Wii20100418-Entry072-Fence Me In

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:49:25 +0000

Tim wraps up our discussion on Fence Myths and turns to the subject of constructing fences on ourselves. The most urgent we have for building fences in our lives is in limiting ourselves in order to provide freedom for others.

(The video used in today’s class was posted separately.)

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Wii20100418-Video

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:46:59 +0000

This is the video clip we used in class about blaming. It is from Dr. Henry Cloud and the CloudTownsend.com website.

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