Category: Bad Habits
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How to Avoid Letting Television Control Your Marriage
With the quarantines and social restrictions enacted due to the pandemic, television viewing in many families has been on the rise. According to research done by Comcast¹, Americans are viewing television 8 more hours per week than before the quarantines. That makes sense for safety’s sake but doesn’t make our marriages any safer. Far from […]
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How Scripture Can Help You to Be a Better Parent
Making “parenting” my focus this week means I’m either way behind, since today is Mother’s Day, or I’m way ahead, since Father’s Day is more than a month away! 😉 I choose to frame this as being really organized and thinking ahead, though I never was great at that as a mom most days! Today […]
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How I’m Overcoming Arguing AND Not Planning for the Future!
I’m extending last week’s focus on forgiveness for another week since it’s such an important topic! Besides, I’ve got two other posts I want to highlight for you this week. One has to do with my tendency to argue, which certainly dovetails nicely with forgiveness. And the other one has to do with planning for […]
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Upcoming Webinar—Is Your Marriage a Contract or Covenant?
What would you like your marriage to look like for the rest of 2019 and going into next year? Really—answer this for me! 🙂 If you’re like most Christian married people … you came into marriage with YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN to what God had for you and an ideal of what married life would […]
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How to Forgive the Past and Move Forward in Your Marriage
Today, I’m excited to introduce to you my next guest blogger in the “Spring Clean Your Marriage” series—Julie Loos. She’s sharing about how subtle and destructive ruminating on our mates’ failures and limitations can be to our marriages. Be sure to check out her bio below, as well as making her feel welcome by commenting […]
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When Your Connection to Your Parent Creates a Wedge in Your Marriage
Years ago, when my marriage was at its messiest, I was not a cleaver. I’m not talking about being like June Cleaver, but rather about the need to unite with my husband. One of the most important ways that I did not unite with him was in how I chose to align myself with my […]
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5 Battle Tools to Help in Hard Moments
I’m excited to have a guest blogger and author, Kelly Balarie, with me today! I’m honored to be on the launch team of her latest book, Battle Ready, that is available starting today, July 3, 2018. (You can find the link to her book on Amazon by clicking on the book cover below.) Kelly offers such […]
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How Being Broken in Your Marriage is a Good Thing!
Ever ignore something that is or might be broken in your life or marriage? It can be scary and intimidating to face this harsh reality. I know, because I did so with one of my my sons and also with my marriage to its detriment. Years ago, my two oldest sons were enjoying a fun […]
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The Unfair Task to Avoid Lust and Attraction to Others
When I first got married I was under the mistaken notion that I would never feel attracted to anyone other than my husband. I was, after all, deeply in love and thought that “love was all I needed” to fight back any desires, urges or attractions to others. This made me a prime target for […]
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