Family Matters

 Sophocles once stated, "Without Labor nothing prospers." So let me translate that into family terms; without family work, the family suffers.  Let's look at the history of families really quick and see how this has played out and changed throughout history. History of Family Work I'm going to start from a religious text, but if you aren't religious don't worry because there is material coming for you too. The Bible starts with the story of Adam and Eve when cast out of the garden of Eden. The Bible states " And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy  wife , and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:  cursed   is  the ground for thy sake " ( Genesis 3:17 ). Notice how the text says FOR thy sake, meaning from a religious point of view, God meant for work to be a blessing from the beginning, and because God made family as the central unit of society, it means that the cursed gr...

We've all heard phrases like "God gave you one mouth and two ears for a reason" or "think before you speak," in all of these phrases comes the cultural theme of communication. As a culture we seem to value communication. Phrases like the ones above have been passed down by parents, teachers, and other leaders throughout generations. So if communication is something we value, something that is so important to us, how are we doing at it? The reality is, is no one is a perfect communicator; and although that is hard for us to grasp sometimes, the truth is we could all use some improvement. Now we all have different aspects of communication that we personally could work on; but today I am going to give basic principles that can be applied to a multitude of scenarios and then I am going to take them and apply it to conflict.  The Five Secrets of Effective Communication David D. Burns E mpathy:             1. Disarming Technique: Find some truth in what...

 Family Crisis is such an interesting concept because quite frankly it entails a wide variety of situations. A family crisis can range from a parent losing a job, a child dying, unforeseen illness, affairs, imprisonment, infertility, a child struggling with drug use, abuse, and the list goes on and on.  So how do you cover such a wide variety of situations, problems, perspectives, attitudes and feelings in one single article? The reality is, is that you can't. Each of you have a unique situation, a situation that I don't know about, and that I don't understand because I am not in it and don't know the dynamics of how it is all playing out.  However, there is one thing that each of us in our own situation can apply; and that entails how we cope with our crisis. When family crisis hits, there are many ways to begin coping with it and some ways are much more effective than others. So let's take a look!! Methods of Coping Denial: You won't admit to what you know is...

 I am pretty sure that my rule of thumb has started to be, if you can't think of a way to start your blog article...start it with a song. So here we go, Thomas Rhett's song Die a Happy Man  go listen to it and look for aspects of the song that describe intimacy.  Okay, you're back! So what did you find? Well the song starts off with the saying "Baby, last night was hands down, one of the best nights I've had no doubt," some of us may put this in the context of sexual intimacy, but there are so many more ways to be intimate rather than just sexually, so if that was all you found, go look again.  Okay you're back again, lets go over some other ways that he describes simple intimacy in the song. "we danced in the dark under September stars in the pourin' rain" " if all I got is your hand in my hand Baby, I could die a happy man" "We could stay at home, listen to the radio, Dance around the fireplace" He is intimate through hi...