How to Set Healthy Boundaries in Your Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Dr. John Townsend, bestselling author and psychologist, offers tips for married couples to set healthy boundaries. Hear his insight into the steps to experience freedom in your marriage and develop a mutually fulfilling relationship.

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0:00.0	God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center. See how ordinary Christians choose courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising today and find out how you can become an agent of restoration and hope.
0:24.1	Visit truthrising.com today. That's truthrising.com.
0:32.1	Look at Proverbs 423. It says, guard your heart for from it, flow the wellsprings of life. Our heart is kind of all we
0:39.5	have, you know, our values and our passions, our emotions, our thoughts, where we're going in life,
0:43.9	and that's inside our skin. That's our ultimate boundary is what's inside of us. That's Dr. John
0:50.3	Townsend. He's our guest today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. We're going to be talking
0:54.6	about boundaries, particularly in marriage today. And I'm John Fuller. John, this is such an
1:00.3	important topic. You know, the family is the foundation to culture. And healthy families deliver
1:06.0	a healthy culture. And I think that's one of the great difficulties we have right now is for the culture
1:11.5	to understand the importance of family and commitment in marriage and raising your children so
1:16.2	they're healthy human beings. That's part of what we're trying to do here each and every day
1:20.9	at Focus on the Family. We're doing it in that Christian context and that's important to us.
1:26.6	But our guest today has written a wonderful book with his colleague, Dr. John Townsend, along
1:32.1	with Dr. Henry Cloud.
1:33.9	And this is one of those books that every married couple should have because it helps us
1:38.1	to better understand the choices that we're making or contributing to breaking those loving relationships.
1:45.9	And boundaries in marriage, this is deep stuff that will help you in such a great way.
1:51.7	And Dr. Townsend is a psychologist and bestselling author.
1:55.6	And he's written a number of books, obviously, this one, Boundaries in Marriage,
1:59.9	understanding the choices that Make or
2:02.1	Break Loving Relationships. Check it out. We've got details in the show notes.
2:08.1	Dr. Townsend, welcome to focus on the family. Welcome back. Glad to be here. Always good to have you.
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