You guys know I love questions, so when I received a newsletter from Ngina Otiende’s blog with some great marriage questions on it, I asked her if she’d like to put this on my blog as a guest post as well. These questions are great for when your husband is passive, but I think they’re […]
34: 10 Tips for When Your Spouse Won’t Change
Do you ever think, If only my spouse would change, then I’d be happy? If you’ve been married for any length of time, you’ve probably thought that at least once. Unfortunately, God hasn’t given us a magic wand to change our spouses! That’s okay though. Here are 10 tips to help you when your spouse […]
3 Most Common Truth Journaling Mistakes
One of the comments I hear most often is, “I’d like to truth journal, but I can’t figure out how to do it.” This isn’t surprising. Truth journaling is incredibly rewarding, but it takes a bit of practice to feel comfortable with it. Today we’ll look at three of the most common mistakes people make when they first start […]
How to Be Happy When Others Aren’t Cooperating
Have you ever thought, if only he or she would change, then I’d be happy? The he in question might be a spouse who is criticizing you, a child who is arguing with you, or a friend who is bailing on you. Whoever it is, the complaint is always the same: I’m unhappy because he’s doing […]
Living with an Unpleasant Truth: A Reader’s Story
Today I want to share the story of a woman who lived with an unpleasant truth. I met this woman when she commented on my other blog a few years ago, and we developed a friendship. Here’s a portion of her first comment on the blog: I should be further along, but this lesson (Week […]
Truth Journaling: If He Loved Me, He Wouldn’t Say Those Things
Today I want to use the phone conversation in my post earlier this week to highlight the difference between regular truth journaling and list truth journaling. If you’re new to truth journaling, click here for a post on list truth journaling and click here for a post on regular truth journaling. With regular truth journaling […]
What If You Can’t “Just Get Over It”?
In my last post I mentioned 15 words that would change your relationships. But what if you say those words and you can’t “just get over it”? That’s when you need to pull out some heavier-duty artillery. In this post I want to take those thoughts from the phone conversation in the last post and […]
15 Words That Will Change Your Relationships
What if I told you you could get rid of 90% of your anger if you just added 15 words to your vocabulary? Would you be all excited, madly scanning the rest of the blog to find those 15 words? Or would you be skeptical? If we were honest, most of us would say it’s […]
How to Stop Being Annoyed: 12 Questions to Ask
Do you have a person in your life who regularly drives you crazy? Or a person who keeps hurting you and doesn’t seem open to change? Here are some questions and Bible verses that will help you let go of those angry feelings and love when it’s hard to love. Note: These questions and Bible verses […]