S12 E4 | How To Set Healthy Boundaries Without Damaging Relationships
Therapy and Theology
Proverbs 31 Ministries
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Healthy relationships require healthy boundaries — even with family members. While dysfunction or even abuse needs to be addressed, are there instances where we have taken boundaries "too far"?
In this episode, you'll learn:
- When relational boundaries become unhealthy, leading to cutoffs, emotional distance, or family estrangement.
- How to set boundaries with family members in a way that increases safety, improves communication, and reduces isolation.
- How to protect your emotional health without attempting to control another person.
Links and Resources We Mention in This Episode:
- Fight for your family by downloading 15 Prayers for Your Husband and 15 Prayers for Your Son or Daughter.
- We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | Prayer doesn't have to be complicated to be effective. |
| 0:04.1 | As we equip you to fight for your family on this season of therapy and theology, |
| 0:08.3 | we especially want to help you fight for the people you love most in prayer. |
| 0:13.0 | That's why we're offering you two free resources called 15 prayers for your husband |
| 0:17.7 | and 15 prayers for your son or daughter. |
| 0:22.3 | Visit the link in any of our show notes for Season 12 to download and begin covering your family in scripture-based prayers today. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to today's episode of Therapy and Theology, where we help you work through what you |
| 0:36.3 | walk through. I'm your host Shay Hill, |
| 0:38.4 | and I'm so excited to deliver another episode |
| 0:41.1 | in this fight for your family season that we've been in. |
| 0:44.3 | Today you will hear from Lisa Turkhurst, |
| 0:46.6 | Dr. Joel Mutamali, and Councilor Jim Kress |
| 0:49.4 | on the topic of communication and boundaries, |
| 0:52.5 | which will help you fight for the healthiest version of your |
| 0:55.2 | family relationships, both in your nuclear family and maybe even in your extended family. |
| 1:00.6 | As you fight for your family this season, maybe you're inspired to ask a question that sounds |
| 1:05.6 | something like this. How do I really help the young people in my life who are struggling both mentally and emotionally? |
| 1:14.0 | If that's you, whether you're a parent, a grandparent, or someone who just feels called to help, |
| 1:19.5 | we're here to help you. That's why I want to tell you about the Youth Mental Health Coach program |
| 1:24.9 | from the American Association of Christian Counselors and Light |
| 1:29.0 | University. It is a biblically based, clinically excellent training that equips you with |
| 1:34.7 | practical real-world tools to support youth and their families. You'll learn how to recognize |
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