9 Ways to Enhance Your Listening Skills John Thurman M.Div., M.A., LPCC “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ come together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” Dave Muer “We have to listen to understand in the same way we want to be understood.” Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The […]
Resilient Living
5 Ways to Enrich Your Communication with Your Wife!
by John H. Thurman Jr, M.Div., M.A., LPCC Wisdom opens your heart to receive wise counsel, but pride closes your ears to advice and gives birth only to quarrels and strife. Proverbs 13:10 TPT Men, have you ever noticed that your wife is usually more right than wrong when she attempts to give input? And […]
4 Easy Ways to Show Respect for Your Husband
Respect is a two way path. If you want to receive it you must first give it! R.G. Risch Just as you need the man in your life to love you unconditionally, even when you’re not particularly lovable, your man needs you to demonstrate your respect for him regardless of whether he’s meeting your expectations […]
12 Simple Ways to Encourage Your Wife
By John H. Thurman Jr., M.Div., M.A., LPCC 12 simple ways to encourage your wife may sounds like a fairly bold title doesn’t it? Being married is one of the most challenging committments a person can ever make. And honestly, having been married to my first wife for nearly fifty years, a woman’s mind is […]
Do You Know the 6 Needs of a Happy Wife?
Want to have a happier wife? One of the keys to having a resilient, long-lasting marriage is to do what you can to make sure your wife feels good about your relationship. Do you know the 6 needs of a happy wife? As a man, I had no idea how ignorant I was when I […]
Learn How to Crack the Marriage Mystery Code!
by John Thurman, M.Div., M.A., LPCC The Mystery of Marriage Marriage is many things, but it is not a Hallmark movie. Whatever romantic notions we might have, real-life always involves more than an hour and a half of easily-resolved conflicts amid harvest festivals or Christmas baking contests. Marriage is both glorious and challenging. A marriage […]
Simple Tools You Can Use to Lower Stress and Anxiety
Simple Tools You Can Use to Lower Stress and Anxiety By: John Thurman, M.Div., M.A., LPCC Want to slow those racing thoughts down? Are you ready to learn the simple tools you can use to lower stress and anxiety? Are you aware you can overcome fear and anxiety with your thoughts? That’s right, even though […]
3 Ways to Overcome the Dragons of Fear and Anxiety
3 Ways to Overcome the Dragons of Fear and Anxiety John Thurman M.Div., M.A., LPCC Are you managing fear, or is it managing you? Today, you will learn practical ways to manage fear and its cousin anxiety more effectively. The idea for 3 Ways to Overcome the Dragons of Fear and Anxiety came to me […]
Learn How To Enrich Your Life with Self-Care
Dealing with the Covid Crush What name would you give 2021? For me, 2021 was the Year of the Covid Crush. The constant drone of scary predictions, bad news, lockdowns, social isolation, and the ever-divisive rhetoric of “vaccinated or unvaccinated” has not done anything to encourage mental health. Yet one of the outcomes of the […]