Index: Problem Solving
January 13, 2020
Much emotional agony is avoided and more relationship healing is possible when a person learns to listen with love. There were two similar conversations that had very different results. The first conversation was between a mother and her son. The son told his mother about a problem he was having with a friend, but she began a chore while he… Read more »
November 18, 2019
“Do you see those sweet sisters over there? They inspire me. They couldn’t be more different, but they also couldn’t be more full of love toward each other than they are,” a friend of mine pointed out to me one day about two ladies who were her good friends.She went on to explain, “One of them is an unmarried, non-religious,… Read more »
November 3, 2019
One day my father told me something so profound that it literally changed my social life and my personal empowerment forever. After I finished telling him about how another child at school had been mean to me, he said, “Nicholeen, sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.”I’m guessing that I wasn’t the only child… Read more »
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Skills
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Structure
- Family Culture (308)
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- Family Standard (81)
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- Anxiety (101)
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- Changing Hearts (183)
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