In relationships you are bound to have disagreements, but what do you do with them? When you take two different people who were raised differently you are bound to have disagreements. A disagreement is when two people have differing view points. For example, you believe the house should be cleaned weekly whereas your spouse may […]
How important is self-care and grooming in a relationship? Most people understand that attraction plays a big role within relationships. Often when we think of attraction we think of facial features or body features, but what about self-care and grooming. Self care and grooming deals with how people take care of their body. This includes […]
Have you ever had good intentions not go so good? Some of the worse things have happened under the best of intentions. In relationships we all have found ourselves trying to do good, only for it to not turn out how we may have hope. But how can that be? If your desire is to […]
What steps do you take to resolve conflict in your relationship? As a result of COVID 19, people all over the world are spending more time at home to practice social distancing. Some have poked fun at this by saying countries will see a rise in child births, and calling them quarantine babies. While spending […]
If you had to choose between loving and being hurt or never loving at all, which would you choose? True love is more than words, it’s an action. Christ the author of love demonstrated love by sacrificing Himself for humanity. People demonstrate love by letting others in their heart, and giving a piece of themselves […]
Transform your relationship by becoming an active listener. Sometimes we just need to tell ourselves to shut up and listen. Active listening is a key building block to better communication. Bad communication I believe is the number one cause for divorce. The challenge with communication, is people believe because they know how to talk, they […]
What is relationship vision? Vision is the ability to have foresight. The ability to see beyond where you are, and to see where you want to go. Imagine a company that lacks a vision statement, how successful do you think that organization will be? This is no different as an individual. Having a personal vision […]
Is the grass “always” greener on the other side? This is a saying that reflects a view people hold when comparing their life and circumstance to others. Sometimes as people are dealing with challenges they begin to compare their life circumstances with differing, and often better circumstances than their own. There are many dangers of […]
How should couples approach friendships with the opposite sex when in a committed relationship? Building platonic friendships is important. In my book, Chasing Happily Ever After, I outline several benefits of platonic friendships and how they help build healthy relationships. Yet, how do you navigate those important friendships when you step out of singleness and […]
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh (Gen. 2:24). Oneness in marriage is critical to a successful marriage, but achieving it can be difficult. The main reason it can be so hard is because of individualism (the habits […]