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“Loss is an unavoidable part of blended family life, but redemption can also be a part of the story.” By Guest Contributor Rachel Dunne, of spiritualstepmom.com

SOCIAL, Blended FamiliesBridget CrowderNovember 15, 2021blended family boundaries, how to grow your blended family, christian blended family tips, ongoing loss, systemic loss, purpose of grieving, grieve to thrive, grieving well, why do I need to grieve, blended family, blended family conflict, spiritual stepmom, spiritualstepmom, stepfamily coaching, blended family coach

Boundaries: Why Your Blended Family Needs House Rules

“When it comes to blended families, setting strong boundaries is nonnegotiable.” By Guest Contributor, Rachel Dunne

Top 5 Reasons We Don't Set Boundaries

“Every relationship needs limits to grow…so why is setting them so hard?” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderOctober 10, 2021Boundaries, boundaries in dating, family boundaries, work boundaries, how to set limits, how to set boundaries, relationship tips, relationship repair, deepen your relationships, how to grow your marriage, strengthen your relationship, strengthen your marriage, relationship stress, hardin life

Women: Break These 3 Patterns and Your Family Will Call You Blessed

“Women: What are we doing so wrong, when we attempt to do what’s right?” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderSeptember 26, 2021unhealthy patterns of women, unhealthy mom, christian women struggles, top 3 struggles of females, 3 struggles of wives, wives love your husband, controlling women, how to stop micro-managing, women micromanagers, stop disempowering others, struggle to control, hardin life, christian counselors advice

Top 3 Patterns Men Get Stuck In and How to Get Out

“Men, we must learn to see the problem, face the problem, and attack the problem to be the men God designed us to be!” By Philip K. Hardin, M.A., M. Div., LMFT, LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderSeptember 19, 2021struggles of men, mens issues, top mens struggles, stuck in life, how to get unstuck, how men grow, challenges of men, life change, christian men, Man of God grow

What to Do When Your Adult Children No Longer Share Your Values

“There is nothing more painful as a parent than when you see your adult children turning away from the values that you worked so hard to instill.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderAugust 29, 2021parenting adult children, challenging adult children, opposite values of your child, LGBTQ and christian parents, different views in the same household, different views under the same roof, different sides same roof, parent-child arguments, navigating new season as parents of adult children, love your neighbor, boundaries with adult kids, autonomy adult children, parenting advice for Christians, christian parenting for adult kids

UNEQUALLY YOKED: How to Maintain Relationships When You are in Different Places in Life

“Consider these three steps to maintain relationship when you’re in different places.” By Karla Hardin, M.S. LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderAugust 15, 2021unequally yoked relationships, when to leave a relationship, how to maintain a hard relationship, how to move forward, relationship obligations, struggles of caregivers, hard relationship advice, unequally yoked, Biblical relationships, what the Bible says about marriage, what the Bible says about relationships, christian conflict, stuck in relationship, political division

We Can’t Heal Alone: 4 Tips to Break Any Addiction

“In order to find complete healing, we need relationship with another.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderJuly 18, 2021healing addiction, recovery model, alternative addiction treatment, best addiction research, best addiction treatment, healing community, how to stop addictive behavior, how to change during COVID-19, addiction due to covid19, addiction due to pandemic, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholic after covid-19, christian addiction recovery

4 Lies We All Tell to Protect Our Relationships

“These lies can plague even ‘good’ Christians who really hate lying but find themselves doing it anyway!'“ By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Is Your Self-Protection Keeping You from Intimacy?

“If we have ever been hurt in a relationship, we naturally fear being hurt again. Consider how your fear is keeping you from deep connection.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

4 Steps to Navigating Your Season of Singleness Well

“Whether you’re single as in ‘never married’’ single due to divorce or death; or you know someone in this season and feel clueless with how to encourage them –this is for you!” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderJune 6, 2021single and ready to mingle, single but no mingle, how to grow in singleness, how to heal after divorce, how to move on after divorce, how to move forward after death, how to navigate singleness, suffering in singleness, what is God teaching me, madi prewitt singleness, hardin life resources, struggling with singleness, christian dating, christian singleness, single in your 30s, single in your 20s, single in your 40s

What is Your Enneagram Conflict Style?

“Consider how understanding your type can help you resolve conflict faster!” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderApril 25, 2021christian enneagram, enneagram exhaustion, conflict styles, harmony patterns, enneagram harmony, enneagram conflict styles, stuck in conflict, enneagram help childhood, Enneagram Story, enneagram social style, enneagram basics, enneagram fears, enneagram needs, how to resolve conflict

How to Understand Your Life Story Using the Enneagram

“The Enneagram reveals strategies and gives guidance to understand the story of where I’ve come from and decide where I’m headed.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderApril 18, 2021Enneagram Story, know your story through the enneagram, enneagram help childhood, enneagram trauma, enneagram advice for christians, storybrand, storytelling, ways to tell your story, enneagram basics, christian enneagram, type 7 childhood, understanding a type 7, God uses the enneagram

Can the Enneagram Really Help Change My Life and Relationships?

“Each of the nine types reveal a different response to our earliest deep hurts.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

What Is My Enneagram Stance and Why Is It So Important?

“How does your social-style reveal why you’re so exhausted?” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Is It Time to Resolve Your Love/Hate Relationship With Your Sibling?

“Some of our deepest pain comes from our childhood experiences with our brothers and sisters.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

3 Steps to Take Down Your Inner Critic

“People who claim to be ‘perfectionists,’ ‘hard on themselves’ or ‘their own worst critic’ are usually fighting the voice of an inner critic.” By Abigail Hardin, CLC PNLP

3 Questions to Ask Before You Quit Your Goals

“Ready to quit 2021? Realign and create your best year yet!” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

5 Reasons Why Your Blended Family is Struggling

“Three out of four marriages involving children from a prior relationship will end in divorce. Consider these tips to beat the odds.” By Guest Contributor Rachel Dunne

SOCIAL, Blended FamiliesBridget CrowderJanuary 3, 2021blended family, how to grow your blended family, boundaries with step kids, boundaries for families, blended family boundaries, grow your marriage, christian blended family tips

Family Code: The Role We Get Stuck Playing

How to avoid your role in the family drama.

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderDecember 20, 2020family, family code, faking, role, family conflict, survive the holidays, holiday survival, holiday survival with family, home for the holidays, holiday stress, family stress, hardin life, holiday therapy Comments