Good Boundaries and Goodbyes

Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

By: Lysa TerKeurst

Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst, Jim Cress

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Relationships are wonderful . . . until they're not.

Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst as she helps you stop the dysfunction of unhealthy relationships by showing you biblical ways to set boundaries—and, when necessary, say goodbye—without losing the best of who you are.

Is it unloving or selfish to set a boundary? Are Christians ever called to walk away from a relationship that’s no longer safe or sustainable? Lysa TerKeurst deeply understands these hard questions in the midst of relational struggles.

But after thousands of hours of counseling intensives and extensive theological research that transformed the way she defined healthy relationships, Lysa is now more committed than ever to loving people well without losing the best of who she is. She wants to help you do the same. In this book Lysa will help you:

• Understand the five factors to remember when implementing healthy boundaries.
• Determine the appropriate amount of personal and emotional access someone has to you based on how responsible they'll be with that access.
• Stop being misled and emotionally paralyzed by wrongly interpreted or weaponized scriptures that perpetuate unhealthy dynamics in difficult relationships.
• Overcome the frustrating cycle of ineffective boundary-setting with realistic scripts and practical strategies to help you communicate, keep, and implement healthier patterns.
• Be equipped to say goodbye without guilt when a relationship has shifted from difficult to destructive and is no longer sustainable.
• Receive therapeutic wisdom you can trust directly from Lysa’s Christian counselor Jim Cress, who weighs in throughout the book.

You'll be relieved to learn that boundaries aren't just a good idea, they're a God idea.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Lysa TerKeurst (P)2022 Thomas Nelson

Biblical Boundaries

Lysa Terkeurst is a Christian author who assists Christians in setting Biblical boundaries. Jim Cress is a Christian counselor who helps Christians with healing, showing them that doing so is biblical,.

I couldn’t imagine that Amazon would permit others to leave negative reviews because a religious author wrote a religious book if any the religion was anything other than Christianity.

Best title & best book!

I have struggled with good boundaries and goodbyes for so many years. Through a wonderful counselor and friend, I learned a lot and began setting healthy boundaries in my life. Talk about hard. This book is next level. I now have a much better grasp of why we need them, how to set them, and when boundaries aren’t enough. Thank you so much for allowing the pain in your life to be used by God to help others! I love how God can use our pain for a purpose!

Read!

If struggling in a relationship where you need changes to happen to feel safe and happy but struggle to set and keep boundaries but also have fear of losing the relationship if you do, tard this book. It explains the purpose of boundaries, how to set them, and how to get needs met when they are not met from where you expect them.

Stand tall in God’s amazing light, grace and love

I like the raw openness of recognizing the realities of being trapped by self and others and to face it and learn good boundaries are set and sent from God to help each of us walk in the light of his truth and love.

Amazing!

This book was so inspiring, encouraging and helpful. Seeking God’s direction at every corner. Boundaries aren’t just a good thing, they’re a God thing! I love it!

Must read/ listen!!

Healing and insightful! Everyone wanting to thrive in relationships and remain true to themselves must purchase and apply the principles it contains.

A great book when you are struggling!

This book has been wonderful to help
Me get through a difficult time and start processing what has happened.

Spoke to me.

This book was definitely written just for me. Excellent storytelling and open to max. She lets everything out of the bag.

Powerful book!

Such a good read. Love that the author was the voice, adds to authenticity. Tough subject but Lysa covers it so well.

A book for your soul! Very helpful!

Awe, what a loving book full of amazing tools to help you set boundaries or say goodbyes with great biblical examples. I loved hearing the author’s voice and her sincerity for wanting to be talking face-to-face with you. I could feel her love in each word. I also loved Jim Cress’s voice (her Christian therapist) sprinkled throughout the book. It gave her words credibility and it was also nice to occasionally hear a man’s voice. This whole book helped reprogram my mind and make me feel like I’m allowed to set boundaries so I can be the person God wants me to be, where I’m not overdoing and filling my heart with stress and resentment. I had to say “goodbye” to my mother with a firm boundary until she seeks help for her alcoholism- her self-absorption and parental neglect led to multiple sex crimes against me as a child. I needed this book in more ways than I could ever say, and hearing the author’s loving voice as someone close to my mothers age helped to heal my soul. God put Lysa in my ears, a gentle mother I always dreamt of, to hear all the words I needed to hear but couldn’t get from my own mother. The power of audible books is unmatched in this book. Thank you Lysa for being brave to write this book for people like me who desperately need it.