By Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT

Love can’t exist without boundaries, even with your children. It’s easy to understand external boundaries as your bottom line. Think of rules and principles you live by when you say what you will or won’t do or allow. If you have difficulty saying no, override your needs to please others, or are bothered by someone who is demanding, controlling, criticizing, pushy, abusive, invasive, pleading, or even smothering you with kindness, it’s your responsibility to speak-up. Find Out more here:

http://www.whatiscodependency.com/the-power-of-personal-boundaries/

Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and expert on relationships and codependency. She’s the author of two books: Codependency for Dummiesand Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You and ebooks: 10 Steps to Self-Esteem, How To Speak Your Mind – Become Assertive and Set Limits and Codependency Recovery Daily Reflections. Ms. Lancer has counseled individuals and couples for 25 years and coaches internationally. She’s a sought after speaker at national conferences, on radio, and to professional groups and institutions. Her articles appear in professional journals and Internet mental health websites, including on her own, www.darlenelancer.com and www.whatiscodependency.com. Find her on www.youtube.com or Facebook at Codependency Recovery, and contact her atinfo@darlenelancer.com for a free copy of “14 Tips for Letting Go.”