Manipulation and Desperation
I was reading Seth Godin’s post titled “Who is easily manipulated?” from his blog the other day and it struck me in a powerful way. The post discusses manipulation in a way that I believe everyone can learn something about… Continue reading
Modeling Marriage and Parenting
We learn how to be a mom or a dad by the way we were parented. We learn how to treat our sons and daughters by the way we were treated by our parents. We learn how to be husbands… Continue reading
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What areas of your life are needing intention today?
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INTENTION – “a determination to act in a certain way”
Over the past four years the word intention has been a buzz word for me. I decided to look up the word intention today on Websters I was struck by one of the definitions:
“A determination to act in a… Continue reading
Plugged In!
So I’m sitting in church this morning and the pastor was giving an analogy that made me think of a perspective how we are to be connected to God. I believe we are to live lives that are overflowing.In order… Continue reading
Starting off on the Right Foot
With the odds stacked against our marriage, we knew we wanted to do everything we could to start things off on the right foot. Continue reading
The Four Horsemen Continued
The Four Horsemen occasionally take their ride through most relationships. When the horsemen are running rampant, couples begin to believe that there is no way they can work out their problems. Couples start to separate themselves emotionally, spiritually, physically, and… Continue reading
The Four Horsemen
Dr. John Gottman, a psychologist at the University of Washington says there are four attitudes which he has found to predict relationship failure. These are criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling. When these attitudes are present in a relationship, especially when… Continue reading
What are Your Expectations?
Okay, so we all have expectations. Some are realistic and some are not. My wife should be this. My husband should be this. My children should be behaving differently. I should be farther along in my career by now.… Continue reading
Crisis Management – How to Handle your Feelings in the Midst of Crisis
This first step to handling anything is to acknowledge what is happening. Looking at any crisis from the perspective of “you cannot change or heal what you don’t acknowledge”, will help in the midst of crisis. At times and depending… Continue reading