Strengthen The Family

Finances can be a very stressful thing to deal with in every aspect of life. Financial concerns can cause relationships to divide and can cause real harm to people. Financial mistakes can be detrimental to a family and their success. There are so many challenges that come along with finance and I think too few are prepared to face these challenges. I would like to talk a little bit about that today with the hope that I can help inspire you to prepare to address these concerns about finances that seem to be inevitable in the world today. Something shocking that I learned is that psychologists routinely state that about 70% of divorces result from financial concerns; attorneys have stated that it is about 80%. Those numbers are insane to me! If finances are such a huge concern with the success of a marriage, why are we not learning more about it? I think this is so big that schools should be preparing kids to handle these concerns very early in life. I wish I had known about this earlier

Today I’d like to talk about a topic that, as I’ve learned more about it, I realize is a huge factor in determining the quality of a relationship. That factor is communication. I’m sure you’ve all heard about and seen examples of poor communication in the relationships around you and you’ve probably experienced it in your own relationships as well. Poor communication is extremely common and extremely damaging. As I studied what makes for good communication I realized that it's another example of a “supernatural” relationship. This is a topic I covered back in September, but it basically means a relationship where you put effort in that is far beyond your natural tendencies. The sad truth is our natural tendencies as humans are kinda the worst and they generally don’t benefit us or anyone around us.  This is a concept that I learned early in my life because of my religious beliefs. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in my church, we believe in scrip

I’ve been doing some research into the causes and results of crises within a family. This topic is really interesting to me because it seems to be a really big struggle for a lot of people. Whether struggles experienced as a child or struggles experienced in the family you’ve raised, they all seem to have a pretty big effect on the overall happiness of the family unit and can ultimately tear a family apart or strengthen a family. I’d like to cover the different aspects of family crises to hopefully help all of you prepare to handle these challenges within your own family. To do so, I want to cover, first, the different types of crises or stressor events that can occur in life, and then I’d like to talk about how we can address those stressors in a healthy and constructive way to strengthen our families. To help understand and analyze the different stressors and the different responses that can be associated with them, I’d like to present what is called the ABCX family crisis model. Thi

I came across an article about sexual intimacy and how it can be both healthy and unhealthy. This is a topic I hadn't thought much about up until this point but this article, by Laura M. Brotherson, really opened my eyes to this all so important aspect of marriage. Sex is something that we don't talk about too much in our society, or at least that has been my perception of it. I was really in the dark about sex growing up. I didn't even learn about the birds and the bees from my parents, but rather from a kid in my 5th grade class years ago. I never had a chance to learn, in a healthy manner, what sex is and why it's important. I hope that I can help shed some light on the subject for those of you in a similar situation. First off, why is sex important? Sex is something that we, as humans, were created for. God created men and women for each other and sex was implemented as a was for us to have children and bring others to this earth, and also to increase intimacy betwe