Leadership looks impressive from the outside, but from the inside, it can feel isolating, relentless, and heavy. Senior leaders carry responsibilities no one else fully understands―decisions without peers, criticism without context, and pressure that follows them long after the workday ends. Necessary Burdens draws on decades of real-world leadership from two preeminent names in leadership and psychology, exploring unseen realities that come with authority: loneliness, identity st...

Leadership looks impressive from the outside, but from the inside, it can feel isolating, relentless, and heavy. Senior leaders carry responsibilities no one else fully understands—decisions without peers, criticism without context, and pressure that follows them long after the workday ends. Necessary Burdens draws on decades of real-world leadership from two preeminent names in leadership and psychology, exploring unseen realities that come with authority: loneliness, identity st...

All animals begin life as babies, just like us! But baby animals come in all shapes and sizes, from the koala that is the size of a jellybean at birth to the colossal anaconda which measures around sixty centimetres as a newborn.Some baby animals look like mini-versions of their parents, while other babies look nothing like the animal they will later become. Some babies enter the world prepared to survive in their natural habitats, while others are totally helpless and depend on th...

Join the millions who have learned how to take control of their lives by setting healthy boundaries with their spouses, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even themselves—in order to live life to the fullest.Do you feel like your life has spiraled out of control?Have you focused so much on being loving and unselfish that you've forgotten your own limits?Do you find yourself taking responsibility for other people's feelings and pro...

Learn how setting healthy boundaries in your marriage can strengthen—or even save—your relationship with your spouse.Most marital conflicts are boundary conflicts where one person crosses the lines of responsibility and respect. When couples learn to embrace personal responsibility and to respect each other’s freedom, love is allowed to thrive.Whether you're happy in your marriage and want to keep growing, or if you're struggling with increasing disconnecti...

Safe People will help you discover why good people can get tangled in bad relationships, how to avoid repeating your own mistakes, and how to pick safe, healthy people for the friends you make and the company you keep.Too many of us have invested in relationships that have gone wrong. Maybe you've been judged, manipulated, or controlled. Or maybe you've trusted the wrong people in the past. It's easy to make the same mistakes of judgment o...

How People Grow reveals why all growth is spiritual growth and how you can grow in ways you never thought possible.Our desire to grow runs deep. Yet the issues in our lives and relationships that we wish would change often stay the same, even with our best efforts at spiritual growth. What does it take to experience increasing strength and depth in our spiritual walk, our marriages and family lives and friendships, our personal development...

Insights for romance to help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a happy marriage.How do you set smart limits on your physical relationship? How much do you get involved financially? And how do you know if you've found your future spouse? Dating can be fun, but it's not always easy to navigate the questions and intricacies along the way.In Boundaries in Dating, Drs. Henry Cloud and Joh...

Discover how setting biblical boundaries can improve your parenting and your relationship with your children.Join Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, as they share the research and guidance you need to raise your kids to take responsibility for their actions and emotions and enable them to lead balanced, productive, and fulfilling adult lives.The tools and guidance provided in Bounda...

Full of practical tips and how-tos, this book will help you make your relationships better, deepen your intimacy with people you care for, and cultivate more love, understanding, and respect between you and others.Successful people confront well. They know that setting healthy boundaries improves relationships and can solve important problems. They have discovered that uncomfortable situations can be avoided or resolved through direct conversation. But most of us d...

"Like going to a trusted Christian counselor, this Bible will guide you in emotional development and relationship health. Doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend — bestselling authors of How People Grow and the Boundaries series — have created the NIV Life Journey Bible based on their many years of helping patients achieve personal growth and wholeness.It will enable you to understand God’s heart, which will shed new light on your life path, and lead you on a journey to the answers y...

For when your trust has been broken: discover how to set firm boundaries again, how to connect deeply without being hurt, and how to safely grow your most intimate relationships.Painful relationships violate our trust, causing us to close our hearts. But to experience the freedom and love God designed us for, we eventually have to take another risk.In this breakthrough book, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend takes you beyond the pain of the past to disco...