Category: Connection Toolkit

• 6 Great Ways Prayer Can Improve Your Marriage

  I’m always looking for great ways to improve my marriage. It kind of comes with the territory of being a marriage blogger and life-coach. But I also do this because I simply want to grow closer to my man! Can you relate? About ten years ago, my husband was game to try something I wanted […]

  BethSteffaniak

  May 2, 2021

  Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Bonding, Christ-Centered, Communication, Connection, Connection Toolkit, Encouragement, Love of God, Marriage, Oneness, Prayer, Priorities, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Unity, Vulnerability

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• How to Make Fall Fun with Your Spouse During COVID

  

  Are you feeling a little too close for comfort in your marriage during these crazy COVID days? It wouldn’t surprise me in the least, especially with the divorce rate skyrocketing across the globe!  I hate to admit it but I struggled at first with having my husband home all the time. He, on the other […]

  BethSteffaniak

  October 11, 2020

  About Me, Affection, Affirmation, Connection, Connection Toolkit, Conversation, Dates with Mates, Encouragement, Fun, Marriage, Marriage Spark, Positive Focus, Prayer, Quality Time, Recreation, Romance, Simple Date Ideas, Spiritual Practices, Togetherness, Video

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• How Meaningful Connections Can Improve Your Marriage

  

  In these crazy pandemic days, the divorce rate is soaring even though couples and families are spending more time together than ever before. On the surface, this can look deceptively like we’re more connected in marriage. But often these connections feel forced rather than feeling like meaningful connections that encourage true closeness. Meaningful connections involve […]

  BethSteffaniak

  October 4, 2020

  About Me, Affirmation, Alienation, Christ-Centered, Communication, Connection, Connection Toolkit, Conversation, Dates with Mates, Encouragement, Marriage, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Recreation, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices

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• Get Past the Awkwardness of Praying with Your Spouse

  

  My husband and I have found that praying together is one of the most important things we can do for our marriage. And I’m not talking about praying at the dinner table or side-by-side at church or other church-related gatherings. Those are all good things  . . . They just aren’t as powerful and bonding […]

  BethSteffaniak

  August 9, 2020

  About Me, Bonding, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Conflict, Connection Toolkit, Encouragement, Faith in God, From Messes to Messages Linkup, Love for God, Oneness, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices

  Bonding, Encouragement, Oneness, Prayer, Spiritual Focus, Spiritual Growth, Unity

• How to Improve the Connection in Your Marriage

  

  A good connection and closeness in marriage is always the desired goal, right? But in this time of an unrelenting quarantine, connection and closeness can sometimes feel less like holding hands and more like hand-cuffs! 😉 We have little to no time to pull away and experience other connections that help to fuel our desire to […]

  BethSteffaniak

  April 19, 2020

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• 75 Ways to Speak Your Mate’s Love Language

  

  Some people really dislike Valentines Day because they feel it’s an over-commercialized holiday that obligates them to buy and give something special to their significant other. I, for one, do not take that view. I’m grateful for holidays that remind me to do what really matters in my marriage and life—even though I should be […]

  BethSteffaniak

  February 11, 2018

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