Tag: Responsibility

• How to Receive Your Spouse’s Hurt – Video

  

  I’m back with another installation of  “Sloppy Joe Time” that unpacks the many sloppy expectations we have in life and marriage. Today’s video tackles how to receive the hard truth of how you’ve hurt your spouse. After all, if we are breathing and have a pulse, we will hurt our spouse! We may not always do it…

  BethSteffaniak

  October 26, 2014

  Acceptance, Anger, Attitude, Blaming, Communication, Conflict, Confrontation, Empathy, Listening Skills, Sloppy Joe Time Video, Validation, Video

  Communication, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Defensiveness, Empathy, Listening Skills, Responsibility

• Am I Your Soft Place to Fall? Video

  

  Today, I’m sharing another video in our series of “sloppy expectations” in marriage. I explore the best way to respond to our spouses when we are confronted by how we’ve hurt them.     What thoughts typically run through your head when your spouse shares how you’ve hurt them?    What do you think could help you to look…

  BethSteffaniak

  October 19, 2014

  Acceptance, Anger, Apologies, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Conflict, Confrontation, Humility, Positive Focus, Realistic Expectations, Responsibility, Self-Protection, Self-Reflection, Validation, Vulnerability

  Apology, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Humility, Responsibility

• How Money Became the Real Ball and Chain in My Marriage

  

  When Gary and I were first married, we were young seminary students with very little money to our name. Unfortunately, I wanted to rework his fashion image. And since I proudly held “a single” credit card to a department store and because Gary needed some clothes, we went on a spending spree!  After all, we…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 25, 2011

  About Me, Accountability, Bad Habits, Boundaries, Change, Choices, Denial, Discouragement, False Beliefs, Immaturity, Marriage, Marriage Mistakes, Money Matters, Newlywed, Perseverance, Priorities, Realistic Expectations, Self-sacrifice

  Debt, Financial Problems, Immaturity, Money, Money Matters, Responsibility

• My Lazy Ways in Marriage

  

  My husband would never accuse me of being a couch potato, but when it comes to my marriage, sometimes I can be a little lazy. I guess that’s because of the “Law of Lock-Down.” Never heard of it? Well, it’s when you have “locked-down” your mate in the bonds of holy matrimony and you never…

  BethSteffaniak

  February 10, 2011

  Choices, Conflict, Laziness, Perseverance, Positive Focus, Priorities, Responsibility, Self-sacrifice, Selfishness

  Conflict, Entitlement, Laziness, Lazy, Responsibility, Selfishness