i HIGHLY recommend this book to Christians no matter their age, or if they're currently struggling with this or not.

Are there any instances in which sometimes, maybe, a person's boundary is unreasonable or an overreaction?Every relationship mentioned was a friendship or her husband, so they weren’t even family members, coworkers, or someone else that appeared in her life without a decision being made on her part. The book consists of twelve chapters, each covering a nuanced thought or concern in establishing boundaries with the people one loves. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes walks readers through navigating difficult questions like, How do you establish boundaries in relationships? This eye-opening book will be refreshingly helpful in giving you the biblical wisdom and confidence to set boundaries you can keep, communicate them, and finally see them working in your life.

Near the end of the book when she was discussing "Who I am," she went on to list several positive qualities about herself, including being creative, generous, kind, caring, etc. I read “It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way”, by Lysa Terkeurst several years ago, and I have tried to read each new release she has had since. TerKeurst also provides scripture verses to back up the fact that we can still be a Christian, and have boundaries in place.

To keep setting up boundaries in life and relationships that are going to keep me on the path He has for me. Instead, Terkeurst comes across like a therapist for whatever the reader is going through in their relationships. In Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are, Lysa unpacks important principles and dispels destructive fallacies that will help you to honor God and flourish in life by setting healthy boundaries and embracing necessary goodbyes.

If we want to be a good spouse, friend, co-worker, daughter, sister, or neighbor, it’s not by being another person’s savior. Christians should read it with a strong commitment to their marriage, especially if they are in crisis.If you are a people pleaser or struggling with a difficult relationship then this is a book for you! Reading through this lens, I saw how Terkeurst uses the pain from her experience to help people develop more meaningful relationships. Probably the best book on boundaries and how to both accurately verbalize and live into them I have read. However, most of this book made me continue to think that she was trying to address symptoms of a much deeper problem.