DO YOU HAVE AN ADULT CHILD WHO IS ALWAYS IN CRISIS? Parents and grandparents around the country are struggling emotionally, spiritually and financially—living in chaos from one crisis to another concerning the poor choices being made by their adult children. They want desperately to help their adult children, and yet their repeated attempts to come to the rescue have not brought the expected results. Well-meaning parental enabling has fostered a vicious cycle of insanity that has reached epidemic proportion with catastrophic consequences. With almost 200,000 books sold in the popular Setting Boundaries® series, countless parents around the world have found hope, healing and SANITY since the release of Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children, Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents by Allison Bottke. This critically acclaimed book is a recommended resource by Focus on the Family, and it has hit #1 on various Amazon.com lists several times. With deep compassion and empathy for parents in pain, Allison has developed a SANITY Support Group workbook for use with the book to help parents set healthy boundaries. Hundreds of participants worldwide have already successfully completed the 6-Steps to SANITY and 12-Weeks to Freedom support group program. Following the six-step SANITY acronym, group members explore the difference between helping and enabling, why we enable and why we must stop, the power of love and forgiveness, what to do when drug, alcohol or other addictions are a component, how to develop an effective plan of action, and other vital issues surrounding this timely topic. This empowering 12-week program is specifically for those struggling with adult children over the age of 18, who are ready to embark on a life-changing journey to find hope, healing and freedom. The workbook is designed for small groups of any size and also includes step-by-step guidance for Group Leaders. All material in the acclaimed Setting Boundaries® series is faith-based. Allison is clear that her perspective on the issue is that of a Christian parent in pain. However, she invites readers of all faiths to learn how to set the necessary boundaries needed to survive as a parent of an adult child whose life is always in some type of drama, chaos or crisis. * Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children will launch a brand new beginning in your life. You may feel you are in a desert place right now as you struggle with a parenting crisis, but be alert! There’s a stream in the wasteland—and you can begin making hope-filled choices that will forever change your future for the better. Carol Kent, Speaker and Author * I just got your book today on Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children and finished it in about four hours. My son is in jail right now. I realized I am an enabler and codependent from other books, but I found your book very enlightening as to what to do about it other than just being told to stop. I need a SANITY Support Group, I need help to implement the SANITY process. ML * I began a mother’s group using Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children, and it was wonderful! We all loved it! We all still have kids (18 &amp; over), and we really needed the encouragement and help. SR * Your book was a hard read for an enabler—after being a really good parent of small children, less of a good parent of teenagers and not very good at all of adult children. I have my own issues that I have been working on for years. I am the director of a Christian Counseling Center, and I’m motivated to be a better parent of adult children and to help those who are seeking help as well. WC * Thank you so much for writing the book, Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children. I bought it from a bookstore here in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and I read it out loud word-for-word with my husband! We are Christian parents and could not put the book down because it related so much to what we are going through. Thanks &amp; God bless you, M

Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children Companion Study Guide: SANITY Support Group Workbook & Leader Guide (Setting Boundaries Book Series)

Parenting & Relationships

Bottke, Allison

Family Relationships

Allison Bottke LLC

Offering practical guidance and emotional support, these moving narratives highlight God’s faithfulness in every circumstance. Readers will meet people who learn to put their confidence in God, call on Him to calm their storms, and find peace in His presence. Some stories describe God at work in everyday experiences, and others describe His intervention in once–in–a–lifetime situations. “God’s Most Precious Gift”—A daughter helps her father to know the Lord at the end of his life. “Perfect Strangers”—Lifelong friends become lifelong prayer partners. “Beautiful Feet”...Praying through physical handicaps. These testimonies focus on timeless, universal themes such as love, forgiveness, salvation, and hope, and provide a powerful and passionate look at how prayer can inspire, encourage, change, and heal.

God Answers Prayers: Inspiring True Stories of Faith and Hope

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Harvest House Publishers

Few emotions run as deep as a mother’s love for her children. This collection of brief, touching narratives inspires women to combine their love with faith and hope, praying with confidence and thankfulness. The settings include... “Mom, I’m pregnant’...the words no parent wants to hear from her unmarried teen “Tying My Son’s Shoes”...a mom thinks back on her grown son’s life “An Urge to Pray”...when God prompts a mom to intercede right now “Shattered Dreams”...when a child is born handicapped “Gideon’s Bride”...a mom prays for her son’s future wife Readers will be reminded that whether moms offer prayers of praise and thanksgiving or desperate cries for help during trial and tribulation, God often answers in profound and poignant ways.

God Answers Moms' Prayers: Inspiring True Stories of Faith and Hope (God Answers Prayers)

More than one million men and women presently serve America in the Armed Services. Many millions more are veterans, having done their part to keep our nation secure. And in many cases, these brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen have remarkable stories to tell about their experiences in uniform. Here are their stories of how God was with them during often life-threatening situations. Each story is a recollection from a past or present serviceman or woman or their loved one, sharing their story of how God answered their prayer. Stories range from our current struggle in the mideast to past conflicts such as World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

God Answers Prayers--Military Edition: True Stories from People Who Serve and Those Who Love Them

This important and compassionate new book from the creator of the successful God Allows U-Turns series will help parents and grandparents of the many adult children who continue to make life painful for their loved ones.
Writing from firsthand experience, Allison identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son in bondage―and how she overcame them. Additional real life stories from other parents are woven through the text.
A tough–love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional adult children, Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children will empower families by offering hope and healing through S.A.N.I.T.Y.―a six–step program to help parents regain control in their homes and in their lives.
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<li>S = STOP Enabling, STOP Blaming Yourself, and STOP the Flow of Money</li>
<li>A = Assemble a Support Group</li>
<li>N = Nip Excuses in the Bud</li>
<li>I = Implement Rules/Boundaries</li>
<li>T = Trust Your Instincts</li>
<li>Y = Yield Everything to God</li>
</ul>
Foreword by Carol Kent (When I Lay My Isaac Down)

Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents

This important book from the author of Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children (more than 40,000 sold) will help adult children who long for a better relationship with their parents but feel trapped in a never-ending cycle of chaos, crisis, or drama.
With keen insight and a passion to empower adult children, Allison charts a trustworthy roadmap through the often unfamiliar territory of setting boundaries with parents while maintaining personal balance and avoiding burnout. Through the use of professional advice, true stories, and scriptural truth, readers learn how to apply the "6 Steps to SANITY":
S-STOP your own negative behavior A-ASSEMBLE a support group N-NIP excuses in the bud I-IMPLEMENT rules and boundaries T-TRUST your instincts Y-YIELD everything to God
Resources are available at the ministry website: www.settingboundaries.com

Setting Boundaries® with Your Aging Parents: Finding Balance Between Burnout and Respect

For the fourth book in her popular Setting Boundaries™ series, Allison Bottke turns to our relationship with food, and a problem that affects more than 200 million Americans (68 percent of the adult population)―obesity.
Setting Boundaries® with Food is a very personal book for Allison. She knows from personal experience about the struggle against obesity―feeling trapped in a seemingly never-ending cycle of dieting, deprivation, and despair. At one time in her life, Allison’s scale hit the 300-pound mark. Her overweight status resulted in Allison being the first full-figure model ever signed by the prestigious Wilhelmina modeling agency, where she worked for some of the biggest names in fashion, such as Gloria Vanderbilt and Alfred Angelo.
From her struggle, Allison offers more than just hope for the future. By introducing readers to her popular S.A.N.I.T.Y. steps, she encourages readers to turn away from the insanity of dieting and deprivation and to focus instead on establishing healthy relationships with food, self, others, and God. Her words will strike a chord with millions who have struggled for years to lose weight as they are encouraged to examine the emotional and spiritual aspects of their bondage to food and obsession with weight.

Setting Boundaries with Food: Six Steps to Lose Weight, Gain Freedom, and Take Back Your Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

Continuing her popular Setting Boundaries® series, Allison Bottke offer her distinctive “Six Steps to SANITY” to readers who must deal with difficult people.
S…Stop your own negative behavior A…Assemble a support group N…Nip excuses in the bud I…Implement rules and boundaries T….Trust your instincts Y…Yield everything to God
Whether it’s a spouse, in-law, boss, coworker, family member, neighbor, or friend, readers who have allowed others to overstep their boundaries will learn how these six steps can help them reset those boundaries and take back their life…for good.
Setting Boundaries® with Difficult People is designed to inspire, empower, and equip readers with the tools to transform lives.

Setting Boundaries with Difficult People: Six Steps to SANITY for Challenging Relationships

Women who have trouble setting and enforcing appropriate boundaries with the people in their lives will find help and inspiration in the latest offering in Allison Bottke’s popular Setting Boundaries® series. Her six steps to SANITY are:
S…Stop your own negative behavior A…Assemble a support group N…Nip excuses in the bud I…Implement rules and boundaries T….Trust your instincts Y…Yield everything to God
Allison’s new book will help women who have allowed others to overstep their boundaries, whether it’s a spouse, an adult child, a boss, a parent, a neighbor or a friend. Setting Boundaries® For Women is designed to inspire, empower, and equip women with the tools to transform lives.

Setting Boundaries for Women: Six Steps to Saying No, Taking Control, and Finding Peace

The teen years, when you’re no longer a child but not yet an adult, can be hard. How do you deal with the stress of school, home life, boys, teen depression, peer pressure, and so much more?
It’s never been easy to be a teen, but today’s world brings special challenges that require special skills. The good news is you can learn how to cope with all your stresses when you understand the power and freedom of setting healthy boundaries. You can experience God’s unconditional love and acceptance, and find the courage, confidence, and hope that will transform your teen years and become the foundation of your life for years to come. 
When you discover how to begin setting boundaries, you’ll be joining thousands of readers of all ages who have benefited by Allison’s popular Setting Boundaries® series.

A Young Woman's Guide to Setting Boundaries: Six Steps to Help Teens *Make Smart Choices *Cope with Stress * Untangle Mixed-Up Emotions

Teen & Young Adult

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