Conflict is inevitable. If you manage conflict poorly, your relationships will suffer. If you manage conflict well, you'll help them grow healthy and strong. Here are steps to RESOLVE conflict. 1. R - Remain calm The number one rule for resolving conflict is to remain calm and controlled throughout the process. Rash, uncontrolled speech is...... >Read More

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What are some of the warning signs of entering a potentially compromising relationship? How can you safeguard your marriage? How do you know when your spouse’s needs aren’t being met? In this short video clip, Dr. Dave Currie, host of new TV show Marriage Uncensored, discusses some of these questions with marital therapist Kirby Hanawalt....... >Read More

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A powerful tool for health as we approach the new year can be to focus on giving and/or receiving only real apologies when we want to heal a rift with a family member, friend, or co-worker. We hear apologies all the time, but I don't think many of them are sincere. An apology has to be real to heal. Trang... >Read More

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1 cup of friendship 1/2 cup of hope 2 cups of love 5 tbsp of respect 1/2 cup of kindness 1 cup of joy 3 tsp of understanding 1 1/2 cups honesty Mix friendship, love, and kindness in a large bowl. Add understanding a few drops at a time. Then stir in honesty and joy for good firm dough. Sprinkle half of respect over it and mix... >Read More

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Story told by Joy Carroll, written by Muriel Larson "Me - submit to my husband, Lord?" I exclaimed.  "How can I submit to a man I no longer love or respect?  Our marriage is nothing like what I had dreamed of.  It's a nightmare!" For years I had imagined what it would be like when the Lord gave me the husband... >Read More

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How do you look at change? Change can be positive or negative -- depending on how you look at it. Do you see it as an adventure or is "change" a scary word to you? Maybe you just don't want to rock the boat -- even if it's going nowhere. Change can be risky, but we're convinced that no risk... >Read More

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I just recently got married, and this is not the first marriage for either one. We have four children between the two of us. I truly love this man and I couldn't ask for a better man. We go to church together, he is a deacon and youth leader in the church. The problem is that I feel so... >Read More

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