Tag: Togetherness

• How to Stop Being Controlled by Your Phone in Marriage

  

  Have you ever gotten angry with your spouse for constantly being distracted by their cell phone while you’re together? I’m not here to judge you if you have. Especially since I’ve gotten my nose out of joint over my husband’s phone usage a time or two. Worse still, I’ve been guilty of going overboard with […]

  BethSteffaniak

  November 1, 2020

  Accountability, Addictions, Alienation, Balance, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Boundaries, Christ-Centered, Communication, Connection, Control, Discouragement, Encouragement, Focus, Marriage, Negotiation, Out of Balance Series, Priorities, Self-awareness, Togetherness, Validation

  Balance, Boundaries, Cell Phone, Communication, Connection, Control, Focus, Marriage, Out of Balance, Phone, Respect, Togetherness, Validation

• 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

  About Me, Affection, Affirmation, Alienation, Bible Study, Bonding, Boundaries, Choices, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Communication, Confession, Connection, Connection Inventory, Connection Toolkit, Conversation, Dates with Mates, Devotion, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Forgiveness, Insight for 2020 Series, Intimacy, Love, Love for God, Love of God, Marriage, Marriage Spark, Oneness, Openness, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Resentments, Romance, Selfishness, Sex & Sexuality, Spiritual Mismatch, Spiritual Practices, Togetherness, Unity, Vulnerability, Withdrawal

  Affection, Affirmation, Bible, Connection, Intimacy, Inventory, Marriage, Oneness, Prayer, Scripture, Sex, Togetherness, Unity

• 4 Ways Listening Draws My Mate to Me

  

  My husband and I did not enter marriage as great listeners or with amazingly refined listening skills. We were young and really not all that aware of how important listening was to our marriage. I would go on in those early days of marriage to get my Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Counseling, where […]

  BethSteffaniak

  September 23, 2017

  Acceptance, Anger, Bonding, Comfort, Communication, Conflict, Connection, Conversation, Empathy, Encouragement, Listening Skills, Openness, Perspective, Positive Focus, Respect, Support, Togetherness, Validation

  Bond, Closeness, Communication, Conflict, Empathy, Listening, Perspective, Respect, Togetherness

• Our Anniversary Trip to Liverpool, England Plus Giveaway and Linkup

  

  I’m continuing a series of posts that are in honor of my 30 years of marriage to my hubby, Gary. About four years ago we went for our 25th anniversary (a year late) to the U.K.—visiting Tenby, Wales first; and then London, England last. But in between those two destinations, we visited Liverpool, England, since […]

  BethSteffaniak

  June 6, 2017

  About Me, Anniversary, Bonding, Dates with Mates, Encouragement, From Messes to Messages Linkup, Give-Away, Marriage, Priorities, Recreation, Togetherness

  Anniversary, Dates with Mates, Memories, Memory Making, Recreation, Reminiscing, Togetherness, Trip, Vacation

• Every Marriage Needs Adventure!

  

  Some of my best memories of bonding with my family when I was a child were from the many vacations we took. Since my dad was a pastor, we often to traveled to wherever the SBC annual conventions were held, so I got to see so many great places across the U.S. I’m grateful that […]

  BethSteffaniak

  November 7, 2015

  About Me, Bonding, Encouragement, Priorities, Rest, Togetherness

  Adventure, Encouragement, Priorities, Recreation, Rest, Togetherness

• Can Prayer Change Us? SJT Video

  

  It’s time for another “Sloppy Joe Time” and today I’m talking about how crazy it was for me and my hubby to think we could avoid a messy marriage without making a commitment to pray together daily. Find out what this one small act did for our marriage and what it can do for yours […]

  BethSteffaniak

  October 11, 2015

  Anger, Attitude, Bonding, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Conflict, Emotions, Encouragement, Faith in God, Love for God, Love of God, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Sloppy Joe Time Video, Spiritual Practices, Support, Togetherness, Video

  Change, Conflict, Faith in God, Love of God, Peace, Prayer, Togetherness, Unity

• How Personal Passions Unite You as a Couple And WW Linkup

  

  My husband and I have been working lately on a “dream that we share”—to lead marriage seminars together. We’ve done a lot of marriage small groups, as well as, mentoring and counseling through our church and some through my life-coaching, but we have only just recently put into action parts of that “shared dream.” I […]

  BethSteffaniak

  August 11, 2015

  About Me, Affection, Bonding, Dates with Mates, Encouragement, Intimacy, Marriage Spark, Oneness, Positive Focus, Purpose, Sex & Sexuality, Togetherness, Triple “C” Challenge, Wedded Wednesday

  Bonding, Connection, Dream-Casting, Intimacy, Passion, Purpose, Sex, Togetherness