Episodes

Co-parenting is hard. It requires working together and communication. In part one we shared tips to help couples navigate different parenting styles, but how do you work with a person where you difference drew you a part? There is a reason why couples are divorced or no longer together. Maybe someone hurt the other or cheated on them. Whatever the cause the challenge of working together drove them a part, but now they have to work with that person to raise a child. How do you do that? How do yo...

What do you when how you want to raise your child differs from your spouse? Everyone has an opinion on how to raise children, but what happens when those opinions differ when you’re married? How do you work through the challenge of having differing parenting styles? In this podcast episode we take a look some of the challenge parents face when raise children. Specifically the challenge when you don’t see eye to eye. We’ll offer practical tips you can apply to work in harmony for the betterment ...

How do you handle flirtatious advancements towards you or your partner? It can be flattering to have someone flirt with you. It can make someone feel attractive or even wanted, but not all advancements are wanted or appropriate. One instance where flirting is inappropriate is when you are in a relationship. Whether you are the one being flirted on or it’s your partner, how you handle flirtatious advancements is important. Don’t dismiss flirting as something minor. When in a relationship you m...

Have you ever heard of relationship attachment styles? People love taking relationship surveys, or character personality tests. They do this to not only better understand themselves, but also to better understand others in relationships. Though these tests can be fun, are they helpful? I would say most are not, but some are. Recently, I came across one that I liked, relationship attachment styles. These are characteristic traits people possess that impact their relationships with others. Are y...

Why stay in a relationship solely because of time? Have you ever seen a relationship where every sign says they should end it, yet they remain in it because of the amount of time they’ve invested. WHY? Should duration of time be a reason to stay in a relationship? Well, it depends. This is not an easy answer because it differs based on the couple. For example, is the couple married or not married. If married, a major factor is ones commitment to God regardless of time. If unmarried, other fact...

Are there practical tips one can implement while dating during the COVID 19 pandemic? As COVID 19 continues, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. This pandemic isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. I believe when the outbreak first started and we were asked to shelter in place, most thought it would be a short term thing, and life would go back to normal after a couple weeks. Now months later, it’s clear that we are going to have to learn to live with COVID, but how does that impact dating? ...

How important is self-care and grooming in a relationship? Most people understand that attraction plays a big role within relationships. Often when we think of attraction we think of facial features or body features, but what about self-care and grooming. Self care and grooming deals with how people take care of their body. This includes basic grooming such as brushing one’s teeth, or taking a shower, but also includes shaving ones body hair, combing one’s hair, or ironing one’s clothes. Shave...

Is love but a secondhand emotion within relationships? The term, what’s love got to do with it was made popular by Tina Turner in the 80’s. Although, this was just a song, is there any truth to the idea. Unfortunately, people have done very cruel things within what was supposed to be a love relationship, and people have subjected themselves to cruelty in the name of love. How can love be such a great experience for some, and for others a nightmare? In this podcast episode we explore the idea o...

Have you ever had good intentions not go so good? Some of the worse things have happened under the best of intentions. In relationships we all have found ourselves trying to do good, only for it to not turn out how we may have hope. But how can that be? If your desire is to help, and you take steps to be helpful, how is it possible that your actions don’t help. This is when helping isn’t helping! Understand the mystery of when good intention go wrong. In this podcast episode we take time shar...

Overtime singleness can begin to way heavy on your heart. Many people know and understand that singleness isn’t a bad thing. You don’t need a spouse to feel complete. Yet, knowing something and living something are two different things. When single you can go through emotional ups and downs. There are times you feel great and life is good. However, there can be moments when you are tired in singleness. Maybe loneliness is beginning to eat away at you. Maybe you’ve watch, friend after friend ge...

Overtime singleness can begin to way heavy on your heart. Many people know and understand that singleness isn’t a bad thing. You don’t need a spouse to feel complete. Yet, knowing something and living something are two different things. When single you can go through emotional ups and downs. There are times you feel great and life is good. However, there can be moments when you get tired of being single. Maybe loneliness is beginning to eat away at you. Maybe you’ve watch, friend after friend ...

If you are not learning you are not living? We’ve all had to make adjustments as a result of COVID 19 hitting the world. The biggest of those adjustments has been self-isolation. Though we may understand why quarantining is important, it’s had its difficulties. Yet, are there things we’ve learned while self quarantine? People who are able to learn from life’s challenges are more likely to over come and thrive in those challenges. What have you learned during this time of shelter in place? In ...

Have you ever considered the similarities between dancing and marriage? Many people love dancing. All over the world you’ll find every culture has some form of dance. Why? What is it about dancing that people love? For some, they love to dance because it brings joy and freedom. For others, dance is an expression of worship. In America today, many use it as a form of conditioning and relieving stress, but did you know dancing can actually help your relationship? Yes you heard that correctly, dan...

Have you ever considered the similarities between dancing and marriage? Many people love dancing. All over the world you’ll find every culture has some form of dance. Why? What is it about dancing that people love? For some, they love to dance because it brings joy and freedom. For others, dance is an expression of worship. In America today, many use it as a form of conditioning and relieving stress, but did you know dancing can actually help your relationship? Yes you heard that correctly, dan...

What steps do you take to resolve conflict in your relationship? As a result of COVID 19, people all over the world are spending more time at home to practice social distancing. Some have poked fun at this by saying countries will see a rise in child births, and calling them quarantine babies. While spending time together may result in some couples having more sex, for others it may result in more arguments, and a rise in what could be called quarantine divorces. Therefore we thought a timely r...

If you had to choose between loving and being hurt or never loving at all, which would you choose? True love is more than words, it’s an action. Christ the author of love demonstrated love by sacrificing Himself for humanity. People demonstrate love by letting others in their heart, and giving a piece of themselves to another. Unfortunately, when giving someone your love, there is the potential of someone abusing that love. There is the potential of being hurt. If you had to choose between love...

I believe there is some confusion as to what it means to be head of household. Sometimes there are terms mentioned within the church that can be confusing. What something means within one culture can sometimes be different in another. This is also true for those committed to a faith and for those not familiar with it. Head of household is a Christian term that applies to the leadership role a husband is given within a marriage. There are some who take offense to the idea that the man is to be ...

What do you do when you see a flaw in a person or a relationship? When looking for a possible spouse we often come across concerns about the person or the relationship. These are what some might call red flags. Troubling thoughts, feelings, or flaws that could be problematic to the success of a relationship. RED FLAGS while dating aren’t something you want to ignore. There some who in desiring a relationship so badly they over look obvious challenges about a person or the compatibility of the...

Sometimes you just need a quick encouragement to carry you through your day, or in this case your weekend. Our Weekend Snippets take key talking points from past episodes to highlight relationship principles you can carry into your weekend. This weeks highlight focuses on privacy, trust and secrets. Don’t ignore the importance of building trust in a relationship, and struggles to share secrets with your spouse. Our challenge this weekend is to consider why you might struggle to share parts of y...

Telling someone you love them is easy. Showing them is what’s hard. Culturally we live in a time when people are in love with the idea of being in love. Today, love has become more of a feeling verses an action taken. It’s been said that relationships are work, but what this is referring to is the effort needed to preserve a relationship from deteriorating. It is for this reason that our final principal to transforming your relationship is the act of love. If you could do one thing to transfor...

Transform your relationship by becoming an active listener. Sometimes we just need to tell ourselves to shut up and listen. Active listening is a key building block to better communication. Bad communication I believe is the number one cause for divorce. The challenge with communication, is people believe because they know how to talk, they know how to communicate. Unfortunately this is not true. Good communication is a learned behavior. If you could do one thing to transform your relationship...

Showing compassion in your relationship will do more than you think. Mercy is a word people use all the time, but how many of us truly understand what mercy is and how important it is to a relationship. The impact of showing compassion in your relationship can not be understated. Mercy is critical to the health of our connection with God, and this is true to our connection with one another. If you could do one thing to transform your relationship, would you do it? Principles are fundamental t...

Sometimes you just need a quick encouragement to carry you through your day, or in this case your weekend. Our Weekend Snippets take key talking points from past episodes to highlight relationship principles you can carry into your weekend. This weeks highlight is, giving up the cookie doesn’t mean he’ll stay. The value of sex is sometimes lost in the pursuit of a relationship. Sex isn’t something men are trying to conquer, nor is sex something women should use to keep a man. These are warped v...

If you could do one thing to transform your relationship, would you do it? Principles are fundamental truths that surround us and govern us. These truths if applied can have a positive impact upon your life, but if ignored can lead to calamity. This is also true for relationships. You are probably reading this because you want to see change in your relationship life. Yet, how do you transform your relationship? Relationship transformation is more than a quick fix! We live in a time where we w...