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Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
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Champion
Relationships
Healthy
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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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