Category Archives: Communication
eZine #77 : Making Valentine’s Day Last
February eZine: Making Valentine's Day Last All Year! We don't think Valentine's Day should be celebrated only once a year! Here's how you become a lifetime Valentine to your spouse!...
eZine #76: Ramping Up Resolutions
January eZine: Ramping Up Resolutions | A 4-Step Plan to Review & Refocus Your Life What if…just what if the New Year’s resolution idea was reframed? Try out these words—REVIEW...
eZine #75: Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings
November eZine: Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings Featured Article: You make no sense | Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings Do you ever feel like you and your spouse are working against each other? Misunderstandings kill connection....
eZine #69 | The Downward Spiral of Worry
May eZine: The Downward Spiral of Worry We are in a season that understandably spawns worry. Frequent media coverage incessantly repeating unnerving words like world-wide pandemic, infectious disease, death tolls, quarantine,...
eZine #64: What’s Your Cell Phone Doing for You?
November eZine: Digital Delight or Distraction—What’s your cell phone doing for you? Notifications nudge us every minute. Each beep, squawk, buzz and vibration on our device beckons us to return to...
Podcast 127: First Responder’s Marriages Part 2: Wise Conversations for Survival
Podcast 127: First Responder’s Marriages Part 2: Wise Conversations for Survival This special podcast features Dr. Dave Currie along with Mike and Leanne Novakowski and Jonathan and Rachelle Siemens. This podcast...
Podcast 122: The Impact of Substance Abuse
Podcast 122: The Addiction Dynamic—Grasping the Impact of Substance Abuse To help spouses and couples better face their addiction to drugs and alcohol and grasp the effects it is having on...
Podcast 119: Facing the Challenges of Aging Parents
Podcast 119: Parents in Transition—Facing the Challenges of Aging Parents To help couples better support their aging parents through their later years discussing how to cope with growing parental needs, demands...
Podcast 116: Getting Your Marriage Out of Debt
Podcast 116: Seeing Red—Getting Your Marriage Out of the Black Hole of Debt To help couples understand the core principles and practical steps of getting their marriage back on track financially....
Marriage: Drop the “EDGE”—A Journey into Graciousness
Let’s be clear—I’m a recovering “edge-aholic”. I will be speaking out of a deep, insatiable and ongoing need to deal with my own lack of graciousness. I have often said when I’m...
Podcast 104: Restoring the Peace in Extended Family Disputes
Cold Wars: Restoring the Peace in Extended Family Disputes Lines are drawn, walls are up and people are not speaking. Learn the wisdom principles and practical steps of extended family reconciliation....
Podcast 103: Personality Conflict in Marriage—Respecting Your Mate’s Temperament
Personality Clash: Respecting Your Mate’s Temperament Personality conflict in marriage? This podcast coaches couples through the common challenges that come with blending two lives with hugely different personality styles. We know...
Marriage: The Top Questions to Ask BEFORE Getting Engaged
LOVING WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN: The Top Questions to Ask BEFORE Getting Engaged Love is not only blind but sometimes it is plain stupid. Whether naïve to real issues and in...
Podcast 017: Going Home at Christmas—Pressures and Problems
The Dark Side of Christmas: Learning to Face the Pressures and Problems of Going Home Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, address the common stresses the people...
eZine #48: Relationships—Do Opposites Attack or Attract?
eZine #48: Woodpeckers and Turtles—Do Opposites Attack or Attract? One of my favourite illustrations that we use when describing the communication and fighting dynamics in marriage is the contrast between a...