Your Single Adult Dating Journey: Where to Begin?
The following was originally published as Chapter 1 of the Authors’ Book: Intentional Courtship: A Mid-Singles Guide to Peace, Progress, and Pairing Up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
View ArticleTools for Putting Out and Preventing Fires in Your Relationship
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” — Abraham Maslow This quote is a perfect metaphor for the overreliance on a single strategy in managing relationship communication—namely,...
View ArticleDo Boundaries Help or Hinder Relationships?
The personal development community, like any other community, is prone to intellectual fads, which sometimes resurface from time to time under different labels. In the 1980’s, the term “boundaries” was...
View ArticleIs Stonewalling Hurting Your Relationship? Here’s How to Fix It
In dating relationships, healthy communication is an essential part of resolving issues and building trust. When one party refuses to engage in dialogue, shutting down discussions and withholding...
View ArticleHow to Safeguard Your Heart While Searching for Eternal Love
Dating can be fun and exciting as we meet and form relationships with new people. But it also leaves us vulnerable to rejection. When someone you are interested in returns your interest, it can be...
View ArticleOvercoming Fear to Find Love
Author’s Note: Below are excerpts from Chapter 3 of Intentional Courtship: A Mid-Singles Guide to Peace, Progress, and Pairing Up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. CLICK HERE to get...
View ArticleYour Hardest Family Question: I’m afraid of commitment
Question: I don’t know why I’m afraid to be in a relationship. I want one but when it’s time to get serious I get so scared. I’m enjoying being single, but feel lonely at the same time. I’m attracted...
View ArticleReal Love vs. Imitation Love: Lessons for Enduring Relationships
In a culture captivated by a highly emotional vision of romantic love, we sometimes overlook the quiet, patient, resilient work that real and enduring love requires. Love is not simply an emotion that...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Choosing Joy
Father Lehi taught that “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy” (2 Nephi 2:25). But if joy is our very reason for existing, why is it often so elusive for so many? Many...
View ArticleHow God Restores What the Years Have Taken
Colonel Wesley L. Fox said, “You are never too old to start over.” Many middle-aged and older singles struggle to believe that. My first marriage effectively ended at Christmas 2008. I spend four hours...
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