Thoughts
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A Noticeable Transformation
Learning to practice contentment and recognize the truth that God loves you is transforming.
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Unwritten Rules
Lots of struggling parents have rules to help the family survive. This is not about blaming anyone. Rather, it’s a chance for an individual to review the rules of their home when they were a child.
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Emotional Conversation
Your wife wants you to work on emotional growth. At first you resist, as we all do. We love staying the same. Then you embrace the mission of emotional growth. But what are the words, skills, and areas that define emotional growth?
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A Tale of Two Dialogues
This man was raised by shallow-dialogue parents. Because of this, he thinks everyone is from a shallow-dialogue family. Further, he thinks of himself as using normal, regular, healthy language. Additionally, he sees himself as a happy, normal, regular-talking guy.
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Recovery and Discovery
The topic of recovery has always been a little confusing. Everyone has their own understanding of the word. But, most agree recovery takes a long time. I asked a recovering friend this question. “What happens after recovery? Or, do you just die in recovery?” He said, No. You move to DISCOVERY.
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Grumpy or Sage
Do you want to die a grumpy old man or a sage? To become a sage, you must do emotional-spiritual work in the middle years of life.
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Meaningful Conversation
We are two different people. Yes, we have negotiated lots of differences. However, we still have some hot spot differences that need MEANINGFUL conversation.
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For Best Results
Stephen answers the question, “How do you see this blog being used?”
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Is This Blog for You?
Stephen writes about who should be reading these posts.
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Behind the Scenes
For all of those who ask, “Where do these daily posts come from?” Stephen writes about a little of what happens behind the scenes.
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To Be Known
The marriage journey is where you truly learn and know someone. It could be described as a miracle that through it all, your love grows richer and deeper.
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Loving Detachment
In this blog we often discuss attachment and the importance of attaching and bonding in a marriage. However, we also realize some marriages are very, very difficult.