Here’s an overview of resolving conflict in various relationships.
What do we do with negative thoughts about our family? We can control our thoughts and avoid assuming.
When we over-address, it can seem everything's wrong and push the spouse toward losing hope, but when we pretend nothing's wrong, we neglect cleaning out the relationship and allow walls to build.
When we over-address, it can seem everything's wrong and push the spouse toward losing hope, but when we pretend nothing's wrong, we neglect cleaning out the relationship and allow walls to build.
When we talk more easily, we can come across as aggressive, and when we don't talk as much, we can come across as withdrawing. This can send a message we didn't intend.
Tone of voice can twist a well-intentioned message. Anytime we express negative feelings via tone of voice, it's likely to return a negative response.
Is your wife withdrawing from you or becoming increasingly intense toward you? Let's talk about how you can help.
To make a marriage plan to walk out of distress, you first need to see where you are and decide where you want to grow. Too many times we're living as if the marriage were where we wish, rather than in the reality of where we actually are.
What's a man to do with a crying, wounded woman? (Yes, the idea for the title came from the movie, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.")
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When marriages struggle, both parties play a role to create a cycle. What's your part?
As a couple, we've developed a history together. Now, our spouse expects conversation to go a certain way based on our responses. We need to create new expectations.
How can we hear the heart message of our spouse if we're focused on explaining self or dismissive of thought, feelings, and ideas outside self? Let's talk a...
In 1 Peter 3:8, we're told how to treat fellow believers. What does it look like to treat our spouse at least as well?
If we're not careful, we can get in our own way when it comes to catching our spouse's heart message.
When we're empathetic with our spouse - connecting on a head-plus-heart level, we begin creating a safe environment - a place where our spouse feels heard where we've positioned ourselves as approachable.
The next time you want to share something from your heart with your spouse, try sticking to the rules to see if you're more likely to help your spouse receiv...
If you're clashing instead of blending, you may want to back off and check out your foundation. For two to become one, we first must accept and appreciate t...
Before we can address issues well, we should create an environment of unconditional love and acceptance of our spouse as-is without trying to change him/her.
Many couples do not know how to talk about the deeper issues of the heart to take their marriages to a deeper level. In this video, we discuss how to work through those things that are hindering growth and damaging trust in relationships.
What's your tendency when resolving marital issues? Are you more aggressive or avoiding when you interact with your spouse?
To look at things the way God looks at things requires changing our perspectives. Could it be there are ways we think that are causing trouble in the marria...
How can we get the attention of our spouse? Let's look at what God's word shows are "winning" ways to engage.
When there's a lot of conflict in the relationship, it can be overwhelming. This can happen to the spouse who is less verbal because the more verbal spouse ...
Has your heart become hard toward your spouse? Or has your spouse's heart become hardened toward you? What will you do now?
To hear our spouse's heart, we mustn't be so self-focused we can only hear ourselves. Is your own perspective so loud in your mind you can't hear anything e...
In a marriage, God didn't mean for only one spouse to be expressed in the union. Instead, He means for two to become one. For this to happen, the contribut...
There are some important ways of looking at ourselves, our spouse, and our attitude to what each presents as we work toward "we" in marriage._______Check our...
We expect so much in marriage! Regardless of what we think our spouse SHOULD do, we need to be Ok with what our spouse CHOOSES to do. (We're not talking about destructive choices here)
Submission poses lots of problems because of misunderstandings about it. Let's talk about it....
You get to choose your perspective, and we usually pick the one that makes sense to us - but what if there's a better way to look at it?
Keeping our cool while sharing a challenging thought can be difficult, but it's the only way to talk things through.
It's easy for a husband to get frustrated with his wife, but did you know God addressed this in His word? Let's look at Colossians 3:19 and talk about that.
Do you immediately get on the warpath when your spouse presents and issue? What's going on, and how could you change that?
There are some mindsets spouses have when they don't work through issues. Here are a few. Do you lean toward one of these?
Do you or your spouse easily play the victim anytime you're asked to make a change? Let 's look at the victim mentality.
In marriage, the wife has a tendency to come across as verbally and emotionally aggressive as she tries to get her husband to work through issues. As a resp...
How do you soften and open the heart of your spouse when so many misunderstandings have pushed him/her away?_______Check our our website at https://blessedma...
So how do couples get off the right track and end up at a place where they don't even know each other anymore?
Let's do some self-evaluation to understand our behind-the-scenes thoughts that influence how we respond._______Check our our website at https://blessedmarr...
Do you have a tendency to blame your spouse for the problems in your marriage?To watch this entire discussion: https://youtu.be/_QuC12nw0Gc_______Check our o...
When your spouse share with you something important to him/her, how important do you make it to yourself?To watch this entire discussion: https://youtu.be/_Q...
Do you tend to think your responses are the result of what your spouse did?To watch this entire discussion: https://youtu.be/_QuC12nw0Gc_______Check our our ...
Do you maximize your problems and minimize your spouse's?To watch this entire discussion: https://youtu.be/_QuC12nw0Gc_______Check our our website at https:/...
When addressing marital problems, how are you interpreting your spouse?To watch this entire discussion: https://youtu.be/_QuC12nw0Gc_______Check our our webs...
Are we coming across as aggressive or accusing without realizing it? This can shut down communication and result in our not being heard.To watch this entire...
Is it easy for you to become argumentative when trying to get your spouse to consider your perspective? This can actually block him/her from hearing you.To ...
How did we get here? Understanding the set up for negativity can help us understand how to reverse it.
Are you feeding a negative cycle in your marriage? You bring up a topic that automatically escalates, and you don't know what happened? Couples contribute to the negative spiral, and it can worsen over time. What sets it up?
How do we make decisions together when we have such different perspectives? We're supposed to have different perspectives! Let's look at how to blend.
Have you ever apologized, but it wasn't well-received? Here are some tips to help you say your apology well.
