Having a Christ-centered family is a beautiful and rewarding experience that brings a sense of unity, love, and purpose to every aspect of family life. By centering their lives around Jesus, families can cultivate a strong foundation of faith, compassion, and understanding that binds them together through life's challenges and triumphs. At the heart of [...]
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to recognize, understand, manage, and reason with emotions. It involves being aware of your own feelings and those of others and using that awareness to guide your thinking and actions. Developing strong emotional intelligence is just as important for Christians as it is for anyone else.The Bible has a [...]
Conflict is an inevitable part of any marriage, even for Christian couples. While disagreements and differing perspectives are normal, how spouses handle conflict can either strengthen or strain their relationship. Unfortunately, many Christian couples make common mistakes when dealing with marital conflicts that can hinder resolution and damage their unity. An introduction that effectively sets [...]
Radical honesty is a key ingredient for building exceptional relationships, but it's a nuanced concept that is frequently misunderstood. While authenticity and open communication are vital, radical honesty requires wisdom, empathy and emotional intelligence to implement effectively. This introduction explores the potential benefits and drawbacks of radical honesty in relationships, as well as strategies for [...]
When you are in an unhappy relationship, you have three choices. Maintain status quo End the relationship Make it better That’s it—number three. Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) most unhappy people choose Option 1. It feels strange to think most of us would choose – or at least accept – unhappiness as our relationship [...]
Signs of an Authoritarian Parent: “It’s my way or the highway” It’s characterized by rigid rules and high demands. Authoritarian parents have high standards and can be highly critical when those standards aren’t met. They also tend to offer less emotional warmth compared to authoritative parents. You have little patience for misbehavior Authoritarian parents don’t [...]
When someone you care about is grieving after a loss, it can be difficult to know what to say or do. The bereaved struggle with a variety of intense, painful emotions, which include depression, anger, guilt, and profound sadness. Often, they also feel isolated and alone in their grief, since the intense pain and difficult [...]
Am I enabling my adult child’s addiction? As parents, we seek to protect our children, even when they are adults. But in some cases, “helping” may actually be harming. By protecting your adult child from the consequences of their addiction, you may also be enabling them to continue using drugs and alcohol, as they never [...]
Prominent child psychologist, Dr. Lee Salk, once remarked, “The trauma of divorce is second only to death. Children sense a deep loss and feel they are suddenly vulnerable to forces beyond their control.” Those who would have us believe that children are resilient and able to readily adapt to the changes that divorce forces upon [...]
The term “dysfunctional family” has become an overused, pop psychology, cliché that makes it difficult to understand what a functional family actually looks like. The truth is that all families go through cycles and changes, sometimes demonstrating amazing resiliency and health and other times showing signs of chaos, problems and conflict. No family is completely [...]
