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 ...

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 behaviorA…Assemble a support groupN…Nip excuses in the budI…Implement rules and boundariesT….Trust your instinctsY…Yield everything to GodWhether it’s a spouse, in-law, boss, coworker, family member, neighbor, or friend, readers who have allowed others to overs...

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 burno...

Find Lasting Freedom from Past Emotional PainIf you wait long enough, difficult and traumatic experiences from your past will go away on their own...right?Except they won't. Time doesn't heal all wounds.Instead, we hoard our hurts. We rehash our sorrows and wonder how they could have been prevented. This keeps us from making brand-new memories and embracing the richer life we crave.Now is the time for setting healthy boundaries with the past...

If you're a mom or dad who has watched your adult child's life spiral out of control, you're not alone. You join a reluctant club comprised of millions of parents concerned about the bad choices their son or daughter has made.Author Allison Bottke is part of that club too. She has watched in agony as her son made choices that eventually resulted in his arrest. Out of her experience came her bestselling book Setting Boundaries™ with Your Adult Children, the first i...

What to Do When Parenting Gets Painfully ComplicatedAre your adult child’s mental, emotional, and physical health issues driving you to despair? Are you tempted to bail your son or daughter out of yet another impossible circumstance? When your child has reached (or long since passed) the point of independence, it’s difficult to know what your “help” as a parent should look like.From the author of bestseller Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult C...

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 Bottkes 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. Allisons new book will help women who have allowed others to overstep their bounda...

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 obesityfeeling trapped in a seemingly never-ending cycle of dieting, deprivation, and despair. At one time in her life, Allisons s...

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 l...

A teenager. A near-death experience. A spiritual journey that will last a lifetime. "Her testimony will ignite the flame of faith in many" (Susie Jennings, author of 31 Days of Mountaintop Miracles).When eighteen-year-old Victoria dies in the ICU and encounters an angel that gives her a prophetic mandate from God, her insatiable quest for spiritual enlightenment begins. As compelling as any contemporary novel, this dramatic and inspiring true story is a rol...

Writing from firsthand experience, Allison Bottke identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son, in bondage—and how she overcame them. Additional real-life stories from other parents appear throughout the text.A tough-love guide to coping 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 the...

Allison Bottke, CBA best-selling author of A Stitch in Time, crafts a savvy yet thought-provoking story that examines the relative importance of family and fame. In One Little Secret, a housewife's idyllic world is threatened by a Hollywood dream that bubbles to the surface. This imaginative tale will captivate listeners with its well-draw characters, witty style, and soul-searching theme. Romantic Times awards "this well written tale" four stars.