Relationship Triangles
A relationship triangle arises when two people pull in a third party to ease the tension between them.
Dr. Virginia Holeman
Gratitude
Gratitude has been the focus of social science research for well over a decade.
Reconciling
Reconciliation’s best start is with a repentant wrongdoer.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is often confused with condoning, excusing, pardoning, or forgetting an offense.
How is your EQ?
You have heard of IQ. Have you also heard of EQ?
Interpersonal Repentance: When “I’m sorry” Isn’t Enough
A good confession is a great start to repair a relationship…
Empathy
Empathy is an important leadership skill for pastors.
Offering a Good Confession
Confession is the act of acknowledging and admitting to an offense.
Managing Your Negative Emotions
Managing Your Negative Emotions While most church leaders prefer to avoid negative emotions such as distress, fear, anxiety, etc., all church leaders will experience a variety of negative emotions at some point. Negative emotions are our survival brain’s early warning...
Building Safe and Secure Relationships
Creating and maintaining connections that feel safe and secure with your spouse is an ongoing process that requires vulnerability and courage.
Are You Experiencing Compassion Fatigue?
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Gal. 6:9). Compassion fatigue is “weariness in doing good.”
Thrive In 5-The Art of Love
In your family, how can you embody some aspect of 1 Corinthians 13 a little bit more?
Thrive In 5-The Motivational (Emotional)
As a pastor, If you have discovered that your motivation has taken a vacation and left you behind, you are not alone.
Thrive In 5-Co-Regulation (Relational)
“Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” –Jesus, John 14:27
Thrive In 5-The Practice of Emotional Wellness (Emotional)
How would you rate your emotional wellness?
Thrive In 5-Commitment (Relational)
Commitment is an essential quality of long-term relationships.
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Feeling Safe
Since March 2020 the world in which we live feels like a dangerous place. For some of us, that sense of danger is actually real. For others of us, the sense of danger is more in our nonconscious perception of threat.
Thrive In 5: Relational – Trust and Trustworthiness
Trust and trustworthiness are essential qualities of relationships that last a lifetime.
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Ambiguous Loss
The COVID-19 virus has changed the way we “do life” and “do church” so that we are simultaneously absent and present.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Creating Shared Meaning
Relationships that last.
Thrive In 5: Emotional -Are you a “High Hoper?”
All of us will face moments when we must exercise hope. Hope researchers observe that hope is active, not passive. “High hopers” exert whatever degree of control they have to reach that for which they hope.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Honor Each Other’s Life Dreams
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management
Thrive In 5: Emotional- Emotional Rule of Life
Cultivating a healthier emotional life.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Good Conflict Management
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management
