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5 Reasons Christian Men Have Difficulty with Direct Communication in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 11, 2021 | Emotional Connection

Our gendered teachings in the church can make it difficult for men to communicate directly with their wives, too. We’re in the middle of our direct communication series, looking at why it’s hard to communicate directly, what direct communication looks...

Is It Way Too Easy for Your Husband to Push Your Buttons? Why We Get So Defensive

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 8, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

Anger is often a secondary emotion. So we need to ask: What’s going on below the surface? We’re wrapping up our emotional maturity series with a look at anger. Yesterday I was talking about how anger is like an iceberg; anger is the emotion that...

Handling Anger in Marriage: Understanding the Iceberg

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 7, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

Many marriages are plagued by anger, and yelling matches or big angry outbursts. People will often say, “I have a temper problem” or “he has an anger problem.” As we finish up our series on emotional maturity, I promised to spend a little bit...

EMOTIONAL MATURITY SERIES: What if Emotional Maturity Is a Skill that We Can Learn?

by Keith Gregoire | Nov 30, 2020 | Emotional Connection, Men's Corner

Men are emotional beings–whether we think that or not. Keith here with this month’s installment of Men’s Corner. This month’s theme is “Emotional Maturity”. Can I start out by being really blunt? I think many people of...

How to Handle Your Children’s Disappointments

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 11, 2020 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

My girls were both far more emotionally mature on their wedding day than I was on mine. And their husbands were both more emotionally mature than Keith was, too! Keith and I were just so young, in so many ways (though my daughters were both technically younger than I...