What is unavoidable & changing, temporary & ever-lasting, stressful & fun, and comforting & challenging all at the same time? Relationships! From dating and marriage relationships to relationships with co-workers and siblings, relating with other people well gives us an opportunity to love and grow, but also requires maturity and conflict management skills. The complex…
Single? Dating? Engaged? Newly married? Whatever your relationship status, today’s gifts, Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married and The Five Love Languages, Singles Edition offer practical, encouraging advice and insight from Dr. Gary Chapman! Bestselling author and marriage counselor, Gary Chapman, with more than 35 years of counseling couples, believes that divorce is the…
Sometimes we don’t know what to do with our emotions, so we stuff them deep down. But they always resurface in one way or another, and can cause issues in relationships with other people. Licensed psychologist and relationship coach, Georgia Shaffer offers in Taking Out Your Emotional Trash: Face Your Feelings and Build Healthy Relationships practical and…
“Georgia!” my father yelled. “If you don’t straighten out, we’re going to drop you off right there.” He pointed to the large sterile hospital-like building that they called the children’s home. “That’s where they put children like you.” I had been picking on my little brother as we rode in the backseat of the car….
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” I repeated this to myself in complete silence for more than an hour as I sat on the couch next to a brand-new messenger bag and a confused fiancé. I couldn’t believe my fiancé, Michael, would buy himself something that, to me, seemed so…
