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Do You Feel Like All Men Should Find You Attractive?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 28, 2021 | Emotional Connection

Did purity culture make you sexualize all relationships with the opposite sex? We’ve been talking a lot about youth group lately–what youth group was like before purity culture infiltrated it; how porn may be the new purity culture. We talked last week...

COMMUNITY SERIES: 10 Ways to Break Into A New Church and Find Friends

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 9, 2020 | Doing Life Together

How do you make friends at a new church? We’ve been talking about building community here on the blog in March, and one of the big questions that came out last week in our initial post on church community was how to break into a church that seems cliquey. So...

What a Harvard Study Tells Us About the Only Real Way to Find Happiness

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 7, 2018 | Spending Time Together

“If you were to invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy?” That’s the question Robert Wadlinger asks in this awesome TED Talk about happiness. In my quest to THINK more and VEG less, I’ve been trying to...

Do All Women Feel Lonely?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 18, 2018 | Faith

With thanks to Thomas Nelson for sponsoring this post.I’m not sure if I can point to a single time in my life where I didn’t feel a little bit lonely–a little bit like an outsider.And yet, the more I talk to other women, the more I hear the same...

4 Reasons You and Your Husband Should Go on More Double Dates!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 30, 2018 | Marriage, Spending Time Together

Date nights when you’re married are awesome. But do you know what might be even MORE awesome? Double date nights! I’ve written before about lots of ideas for date nights once you’re married (and about the big mistake we usually make about date...

How to Have the Most Fun Women’s Bible Study Ever

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 28, 2018 | Marriage

It’s the beginning of the school year, which means that women’s Bible studies are all set to get started again! My women’s Bible study was my life saver when I was a young mom. I loved it because they offered babysitting, so I could enjoy being with...