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How Can We Sustain a Healthy Sex Life After Kids?
16 May
0

How Can We Sustain a Healthy Sex Life After Kids?

Children, Communication, Q & A, Sex No Comments

    This question was submitted to us by a couple of people in a couple of different ways. Ā How can you sustain a healthy sex life after kids? Ā Years ago, we were with another couple and the wife surprised us by saying, ā€œI could care less if I never had sex againā€. Ā I wasn’t sure whether to feel sorrier for her or her husband. Kids are the culmination of...

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FALLING OUT OF LOVE –  What to Do When the Feelings Are Gone
08 May
3

FALLING OUT OF LOVE – What to Do When the Feelings Are Gone

Communication, Disagreeing, Forgiveness, Knowing God, Marriage: The Fundamentals 1 Comment

Have you ever felt like you didn’t love your spouse? Ā Did the feelings just leave you? In this time of confusion, there is hope and there is guidance from God. Ā Don’t worry, God is still on the throne… and He’s not nervous. There came a time in our marriage when I fell out of love with Kim. Ā I didn’t try to. There was no one else I was interested in...

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CRUCIFY SELFISHNESS – To Get The Marriage You Want
08 May
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CRUCIFY SELFISHNESS – To Get The Marriage You Want

Communication, Disagreeing, Forgiveness, Knowing God, Marriage: The Fundamentals 2 Comments

If a marriage is having issues, something big needs to change. Ā Trying continually and not achieving any results can be exhausting. Ā Here we’ll teach you how to take care of the big issue so that the little issues won’t keep popping up. Ā Ā Ā Ā Kim and I had been married for about ten years and I was on my way home from a marriage counseling session one evening. Ā I always appreciated the...

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123 MAGIC – How to Agree on Raising Kids
08 May
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123 MAGIC – How to Agree on Raising Kids

Children, Communication No Comments

123 Magic: How to Agree on Raising and Disciplining Kids Ā Ā Ā Ā Back when Kim and I were foster parents, they trained us in the ā€œ123 Magicā€ method of child-rearing. Ā The agency didn’t allow foster children to be spanked and offered us this alternative, which we learned a lot from! Kids Need Consequences Ā Ā Ā Ā There is a difference between punishment and consequence. Ā If your child has been told not to touch the hot...

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Effective Ways to Communicate When You’re Upset
07 May
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Effective Ways to Communicate When You’re Upset

Communication, Disagreeing, Forgiveness, Marriage: The Fundamentals No Comments

  Question: What are some effective ways to communicate when you're upset and not ready to talk about it yet (needing cool off time or time to understand your own feelings before talking about them)? Great question. Ā Who hasn’t had this experience, yet it can be difficult to address the issue. Ā We love our spouse, but we feel like we just don’t want to talk about it right now. Ā Here...

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5 Steps to a Godly Marriage
07 May
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5 Steps to a Godly Marriage

Communication, Knowing God, Marriage: The Fundamentals No Comments

  Where do I start when it comes to being the spouse I need to be? Ā There are some essential things we can do and be to make sure we are on track. Ā The fundamentals will always be the fundamentals, and if we learn to embrace them, a lot of other things will fall into place. Have an Attitude of Learning It’s easy to study for the purpose of learning...

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Allegiance in Your Marriage
07 May
2

Allegiance in Your Marriage

Communication, Marriage: The Fundamentals No Comments

  Marriage is about commitment. Ā This is something that we have probably all struggled with at one time or another in our marriage. Ā Did I sign up for this rodeo? We believe that by pledging our allegiance to our spouse and keeping it at the forefront of our marriage, our commitment will be strengthened and grow through the years. ā€œI pledge allegiance, to the flagā€¦ā€ Ā We all know how that...

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My Spouse Talks More Than I Do
01 May
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My Spouse Talks More Than I Do

Communication, Disagreeing, Marriage: The Fundamentals, Q & A No Comments

Mitch & Kim’s Q & A Here’s a question we received. How can we effectively communicate when one person is so much more talkative? I want to share with my wife things from my day, but at the same time, I’m not very talkative, and she is, so it seems like a lot of our conversations aren’t exactly that, but more of a lecture in the sense it’s a one-sided...

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7 Shortcuts to Better Communication
01 May
2

7 Shortcuts to Better Communication

Communication, Disagreeing No Comments

Do you feel that you sometimes waste time and energy communicating? Ā Sometimes we just don’t click or understand each other. Here we will connect you with 7 shortcuts to better your communication. What’s a buzzword? Ā A buzzword is a simple word or statement spoken without emotion (possibly at a time you may feel like getting emotional about something,). Ā It can diffuse a situation. Buzzwords can also make something that is...

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Safe Time
01 May
6

Safe Time

Communication, Disagreeing, Forgiveness, Marriage: The Fundamentals No Comments

Does it feel there are walls that block your communication of certain topics? Ā Maybe it’s your spouse’s parent or you don’t feel you can say how you feel about something. Ā You just feel your opinion isn’t heard. Good marriages are built on good communication. Here we’ll show you how to break down these walls that block the communication you long to have. Safe Time is a time when two people...

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