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Boundary Styles: Where do You Sit on the Spectrum?
There are three main types of boundaries—porous, rigid, and healthy. Which one you naturally gravitate towards?
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Ways to Disagree: Punchers, Blockers, Embracers and Pioneers
Four stances or postures that we can adopt when we don’t necessarily agree with what someone is proposing.
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We Know About Relationship Red Flags – But What About Green Flags?
Green flags: the often-unnoticed yet equally vital indicators that lead us towards the right relationship and help us build stronger ones.
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Yes, It is Still Possible to Disagree Well
There is a community that is striving to see the love of Jesus change hostile debates into meaningful discussions.
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The Art of Conversation: Are You an Illuminator or a Diminisher?
Often we assume we are better conversationalists than we are. It is hard to listen well. It is easier to be a diminisher than an illuminator.
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The Important Role of Grandparents
New research shows just how much grandparents are contributing to their grandchildren’s lives and their educational aspirations.
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How Your Attachment Style Shapes Your Love Life
Ever wondered why your love life feels like a real-life drama? It’s because your attachment style is shaping your romantic relationship.
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The Flip Side of Empathy
When empathy is at work, there are a few traps that can prevent us from actually caring about others properly.
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What is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is a therapeutic modality that has been proven to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions.
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Move Conversations From Mundane to Meaningful
There are ways to make your conversations deeper, more interesting and more ‘salty’, in the best way, say Amy Isham and Craig Josling.
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First Steps to Financial Freedom as a Couple
There’s no one right way to get your finances under control, but there are certain principles couples need to follow to reach freedom.
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Healthy Individuals Create Healthy Marriages
The health of a marriage is determined by individual health, so we need to care for our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual fitness.
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7 Healthy Habits That Will Improve Your Marriage
Halt the unhealthy communication patterns that hurt your relationship and replace them with healthy ones to strengthen your marriage.
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Be Brave – Let People Challenge Your Thinking
Having friends who hold opposing points of view on topics is one of the greatest gifts life can ever give your future, writes Amanda Viviers.
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Five Tips for Difficult Conversations
If we don’t communicate what we need, we can fall into resentment. Here are five tips for effective communication in difficult situations.
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The Case for Marriage and Why It’s Good For Us: Research Findings
Research shows that people in traditional nuclear families with a married couple, do better in economic, educational and health outcomes.
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Set Your Boundaries
It’s important to set boundaries: what you will accept and what you won’t. Otherwise, you may become a “punching bag” for others.
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When You Can’t Unfriend…
Problems are part of life, aren’t they – so why run away from them? Why unfriend problems? Brian Harris writes