Unrealistic expectations are something all of us struggle with, yet they’re very damaging to a marriage. John, Greg and Erin share how they’ve learned to adjust their expectations in marriage. Featuring Gary Thomas.
Emotional Health
How does a parent recover and move on from the tragedy of their child committing suicide?
Find ways to cope by making sleep a non-negotiable within the demands of motherhood.
The good news is there are things we can do to help our children with anxiety attacks. Here are are few things you could implement.
While you and your spouse cannot trade places, showing empathy to each other can go a long way toward strengthening your relationship. John and Greg discuss how to show empathy, even when there is tension in your relationship. Featuring Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley.
Parenting a child with bipolar disorder can be difficult. Here are some ways you can help your child with bipolar disorder.
Our culture de-values empathy. Instead, there’s an emphasis on choosing to feed narcissism and apathy. Because of this, it’s more important than ever to teach our kids about empathy.
Emotional and relational intelligence is one of the most critical, yet often overlooked, areas of development in our children. These five characteristics can help your child succeed in developing their relational intelligence.
With your guidance and practice, your kids can learn to control their emotions. Here are four steps for helping your children regain the upper hand when intense emotions threaten to spiral out of control.
If you’re having suicidal thoughts because of coronavirus fears, help is available.
With all the changes going on around you, you can help to support strong mental health during the coronavirus for yourself and those in your care.
While the journey toward healing may seem daunting, there are actions an adult with attachment disorder can take.
The emotional health of children in our culture may be declining. Here’s what you can do for your kids.
Many women with hormonal imbalances don’t know why they feel overwhelmed, agitated or weepy. Rhonda needed to find a way to help her marriage survive.
By general definition, codependency is an adaptive coping mechanism used compulsively by those trying to find personal worth and value by meeting perceived needs of others.
Three journeys fill the scope of marriage: the husband’s, the wife’s and the united (or marital) journey. The only journey you can walk without your spouse’s consent is your own.
Kids don’t face the same pressures as adults, but the reality is that children can suffer from depression and its effects every bit as much as grown-ups. Keep in mind, however, that children may manifest different symptoms than adults.
We all need relief valves.
Because the health of marriage is ultimately determined by individual health, we need to be diligent about emotional, mental, physical and spiritual fitness.
Three of our four children deal with mental illness. We face it day by day, but we have no answers. No guarantees. Nothing to assure us that everything will turn out OK.
