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Podcast 015: Building Life-long Friendship into Your Marriage
Learning To Gel: How to Build Life-long Friendship into Your Marriage Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, explore the necessity and the steps toward couples developing a...
Podcast 014: Sex Talk Part 1—Talking to your Kids about SEX
Sex Talk Part 1—Talking to your Kids about SEX Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, coach parents on the why and how to do a great job...
Parenting: Internet Safety and Software for Every Device in Your Home
We all struggle with keeping our family safe and secure, especially in our world of easy and often-unsecured Internet access. You may be asking yourself where to start and how to...
Podcast 013: Family Traditions and Their Impact Children
Building Family Traditions: What is their impact on your children? Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on helping couples understand the benefits and strength of building...
Parenting: Cell Phone Sanity for Children
Dr. Dave’s Complete Family Guide for Mobile Use Her parents didn’t think through the ramifications of their little girl becoming so tech savvy so young. Her mom and dad embrace technology....
Podcast 012: Merging Busy Lives and Schedules
Merging Busy Lives and Schedules—How Do Two become One? Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl discuss the hurdles of overcoming selfishness and moving toward an others-centered empathy...
Parenting: Developing A Family Mission Statement
Knowing Why You are Developing a Family Mission Statement Life is about choices. When you intentionally make the right decisions, so many things will go well in the life of your...
Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement
Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement Know Why You are Developing a Mission Statement as a Couple Life is about choices. When you intentionally make the right decisions, so many things...
Podcast 011: Growing Together Spiritually
Close to You—Exploring the Richness of Growing Together Spiritually Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl assist couples in appreciating and growing in the lifelong journey of spiritual...
Podcast 010: To Forgive or Not to Forgive
To Forgive or Not to Forgive—That is the Question Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl explore what God-honoring and fully freeing forgiveness in marriage looks like helping...
Podcast 009: Preparing Your Kids to Face Drugs
The Agony with Ecstasy—Preparing Your Kids to Face Drugs Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on warning parents about the dangers and heartache of kids going...
Podcast 008: When the “In-laws” Become Outlaws—How to Win the Shootout
Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on assisting couples on understanding and addressing how to work through the complexities of difficult extended family relationships. Click...
Marriage: The Memorable Impact of Missions on Marriage
Dave: We are writing this from Guam, just a speck of an island in the middle of the South Pacific. Donalyn: We are finishing our 6th week on a South East...
Podcast 007: Sex Strike—How to Face Picket Lines in the Bedroom
Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on coaching couples how to work through sexual impasses, infrequency and distancing and to get to a better place in...
Podcast 006: Bless the Mess—Keeping Your Sanity in the Preschool Years
Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on helping parents understand and improve their role as life directors of their little one’s growth and maturity. Click...