Tag: Encouragement
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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…
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2 Important Gratitude Exercises to Strengthen Your Faith
Most of us are familiar with the stirring open scene to the movie, “The Sound of Music.” Remember it? I’m talking about when the camera pans closer and closer over the mountains to where Julie Andrews broke out into song, melodically boasting about how the hills are alive with the sound of music. This inspirational…
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Gratitude in the Valley of Shadows
Today, I’m honored to have Sarah Geringer—a friend that I met through the blogosphere and roomed with at She Speaks in 2017—as my guest today, speaking on how to transform our thoughts. She’s even written a book on this subject! You can find out more about that incredible resource, hot off the presses, along with…
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5 Verses and Prayers that Will Bless Your Marriage
When Rev and I are enjoying moments of marital bliss, I don’t want to change a thing. But when, on those rare occasions, our conversations have been strained and we’ve had trouble connecting … we needed help. Whether it has been our job challenges, kid problems, the stresses or busyness of life … whatever was going…
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How to Apply and Integrate Your Identity in Marriage Troubles
Staying in an unrelenting and difficult marriage can really take a toll on your sense of identity, making you feel as if you don’t know who you are apart from what you do. People often try to fix this problem by doing more or different things—like exercising more so that you feel and look better.…
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Losing Your Identity When Marriage Gets Messy
When messes and troubles continue unabated in marriage for any length of time, it’s easy to not just lose your way, but also lose your identity. If and when this occurs, you will invariably experience more marriage messes and disorientation. One main reason you’ve lost your sense of identity is that you’ve constantly poured yourself…
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The Unfair Task of Praying for Your Marriage Even If It Feels Passive
We all have heard the phrase, “Well, if all else fails, at least we can pray about it!” It’s like you’ve tried everything else to get your marriage back on track and nothing has worked. So, I guess it’s time to get busy praying! 😉 Well, yes and no. It is time to pray. But it…
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Unfair Task of Forgiving an Unapologetic Spouse
Back in the early days of my marriage, I would shut down emotionally whenever my husband did or said something to hurt my feelings. And I wouldn’t open up to him or forgive him until he apologized. This was one of the stupidest moves I made back in the day! It fueled even greater conflict…
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My Plan for Dealing with Stress During the Holidays
With Halloween now out of the way, we run headlong into the busiest time of year, the holiday season. And even though the season culminates in the most beloved of days—Christmas—it often ends up causing more stress than inspiring joy, peace and love in our lives. In fact, I’m often tempted to be my “worst…
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How to Change Your Behavior so Your Marriage Can Improve (And Linkup)
Even though as a counselor I had to slog my way through lots of classes on Behavioral Psychology or Behavior Modification back in my old school days, I never really felt like behavior alone could create lasting or powerful change in marriage or relationships. However, that’s viewing things from the inside out, like Matthew 15:18…
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