Everyone needs a place to be honest.

— David W. Earle

Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.

— David W. Earle

For example, I can doubt that 2 + 2 = 4; however, my doubting does not change the equation. When I test out that formula and find that it is true, then that becomes my reality. How can anything become real until it is tested in the crucible of doubt?

— David W. Earle

For many years, I searched for this connection outside myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power.

— David W. Earle

Her screams are heard across generations who dared not scream and died without joy, in silence and isolation.

— David W. Earle

Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.

— David W. Earle

If no one has boundaries…how can there be any transgression?

— David W. Earle

If one looks at a balancing scale putting “fear of change” on one side and “status quo” on the other, they are often in balance. Change is hard. We tend to accept our condition and no matter how painful, we will not change until the balancing scale is tipped - only when the discomfort becomes greater than the fear of change does the scale tip.

— David W. Earle

If one wants to be loved and return it full score dagger of silence closes the door.

— David W. Earle

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

— David W. Earle