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How To Harness Your Anger for Good

Anger is often the superficial emotion covering over a deeper, less acceptable emotion.

Resilience and the Power of Emotions

The key to resilience isn’t stuffing your emotions, it’s harnessing them. Feelings aren’t sinful. They are signposts to draw us toward greater dependence on God.

The 10 Laws Of Boundaries

Like anything in the natural world, healthy relationships are governed by basic principles. Here are 10 of them.

What Are Boundaries In Relationships?

Discover what boundaries are, what happens when we don’t have them and how our upbringing impacts our ability to draw them.

How Do I Start a Hard Conversation?

Having any kind of conversation can be stressful but having a hard conversation with someone can be downright terrifying. But, if you go into it with the right motives and a clear plan, even a hard conversation can go well.

The Secret to Overcoming Anxiety

The apostle Paul lists four practical habits to foster the peace from God that passes all understanding.

Three Signs of Relational Health

A relationally unhealthy person is toxic to the people around them. The opposite of that is a relationally healthy person – and here’s how to know if that’s you.

Four Steps to Expressing Emotions

Understanding your emotions is only part of the battle. The next challenge is knowing how to express them.

Applying EQ in Everyday Environments

EQ measures your emotional and relational health. It’s the ability to know yourself and to empathize and understand others. Here’s how it impacts your spouse, parent, co-worker, and friend.

Here’s Why Gossip is Toxic

Gossip is dangerous and poisonous to our relationships. Learn what to watch out for and what it takes to avoid being a gossip.

3 Questions for Those Who Struggle with Unforgiveness

If you struggle to forgive people in your life, ask yourself these three simple questions.

Three Markers of a Self-Aware Person

Humans are made in God’s image, but we’re also born with a sin nature. Learning to be self-aware will help Christians live out their new nature. Ezekiel 36:26

God Wants Your EQ

Even though EQ is a new idea to us, God had it in mind all along.

Triangulation Versus Wise Counsel

Seeking wisdom from an unbiased person can be helpful so long as you don’t insert them into the conflict.

My Big Fat Critical Mouth

It’s easy to point out when someone else is doing everything wrong – but it hurts when we’re on the receiving end of criticism.

Don’t Let Bad Communication Derail Your Marriage

What has your family culture taught you about communication and conflict? Take what was good but leave behind what was bad.

The Art of Listening

Most of us would probably say we would rather talk than listen, especially when we’re fighting with our spouse. Why?

How Can I Stop Worrying?

When problems arise, our first response is often to worry. However, Jesus commands us not to worry, find out how.

Sources of Conflict in A Christian Marriage

Learn about how our own anger causes conflict in marriage

Why Am I Always Irritable?

Many people are irritable because they are always in a hurry, running from emergency to emergency.

How Emotions Work

Feeling angry, sad, or afraid? God created all of our emotions, and he can use every part of our emotional life to help us grow mature in our relationship with him.

Addressing Your Anger

Anger is often destructive. But anger can be good when it impels us to take action for things that matter.

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