Dr. David B. Hawkins

Women, and actually men too, must have an emotional bubble around them protecting them from feeling violated.

Someone has said, “A feeling denied is intensified.” Those emotions live and breathe beneath the surface, erupting in overreactions.

“Accept one another, then, as Christ has accepted you, in order to bring praise to God” (Romans 15:7).

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“The past is the best predictor of the future,” they’ve been told. This counsel is, sadly, short-sighted and in many cases, wrong.

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone” (Romans 12:18). What a challenge!

Thank God we don’t have to keep doing what we’ve always been doing! We have choices we can make with a renewed mind.

Are you anxious to be heard? Most would answer ‘yes’ to that questions.

'Thinking errors’ interrupt our ability to take responsibility. Judge for yourself how you see them impacting your relationships.

Dr. David Hawkins talks about how we can understand marital conflict and work to eliminate harsh words and power struggles.

Say more than "How was your day?" when you get home from work. Ask two, three, even four follow-up questions!

We all have a response style to stress. Most often, these patterns are destructive and create more problems than they solve.

“I hear people saying that you can’t change anyone but you... It’s either put up with a crummy situation or leave, right?”

A lot of people say they want peace more than anything, but they do a lot of things that create conflict.

If you are like most of us, you leap into conversations headlong, oblivious to the results that might occur.

Do you ever experience times when you want to step back from your relationship, experience peace and quiet, and reflect?

A couple facing endless issues is really struggling with a number of problems that make these issues seem endless.

As we learned in kindergarten, we must take turns. Someone must go first while the other actively listens.