boundaries, communication, compromise, conflict, conflict resolution, listening, marriage, relationships

7 Practical Tips for Conflict Resolution in Marriage

Every marriage has its conflicts. After all, you are two people with different backgrounds, different approaches to life, and different reactions to disagreements.  But even though conflicts are inevitable in marriage, how you handle them determines the longevity of your relationship. Developing healthy conflict resolution skills fosters a resilient bond and establishes a blueprint for ...

Nathan Machoka

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Harmonious Coexistence: 5 Tips to Navigate Roommate Life With Ease

Let’s say that you’ve finally moved out of your parents’ house and into your own place with a roommate. While gaining independence and saving money on rent can be exciting, living with someone new also brings day-to-day challenges. For a harmonious coexistence, it’s important to establish a good foundation from the start. 5 tips to ...

Viena Abdon

Smiling young woman helps her roommate hang a picture.

7 Ways to Practice Virtue in Dating

Virtue, described as moral excellence and honorable conduct, is a concept that goes deeper than a simple definition. More than just a word, it aligns with principles such as morality, integrity, and ethical strength. It can be interpreted in multiple ways, but how is it relevant to dating? 7 ways to incorporate virtue into dating ...

Viena Abdon

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Parenting 101: Nurturing Respect and Shaping Positive Attitudes in Your Children

One of the primary goals of parents is to raise well-mannered and respectful children who treat others with kindness and consideration. However, navigating through moments of disrespect from your child can be challenging and disheartening. This article provides practical guidance on changing your children’s attitude if they disrespect you. Building strong parent-child relationships Encouraging respectful ...

Viena Abdon

A group of smiling children.

7 Boundaries That Will Help Sustain Lifelong Relationships

As human beings, we must keep a “bottom line” or set some kind of boundaries or limitations when maintaining honest, safe, respectful, and trustworthy lifelong relationships. Mencius once said: “Without a pair of compasses and a set square, it is hard to draw a perfect circle and a square.” He was alluding to the fact ...

Emma Lu

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Brené Brown on Compassion and Boundaries

For years, people have bundled compassion with never saying No. if you are empathic, you are compassionate and caring, you will be there for your friends and family even if you are drained and out of energy. A lot of us are conditioned to think that if we place ourselves first, we are being selfish ...

Raven Montmorency

Brené Brown.