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Colleen felt understood and less alone - thanks to Focus

Colleen’s sister first introduced her to Focus on the Family when she was going through a difficult divorce and stepping into the reality of single parenting. Over the next decade, she found help, hope and encouragement that she wasn’t alone. Toda...

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Marriage • Communication

How to stop complaining and be an encouraging spouse

Here are seven simple practices that help me to stop complaining and maintain a more pleasing mindset – which my husb...

Marriage • Finances

It’s not about the money: Going beneath the surface of financial conflict

You must work as a team. It’s your money. As equal partners, you learn to handle money in a way that honours God, enh...

Married with kids

Nurturing your marriage when planning a family, raising young children and guiding them to independence

Marriage • Well-being

Psychological flexibility: The most underrated quality in a marriage

Along with this love comes a rather underrated quality: psychological flexibility. While “psychological flexibility” ...

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Parenting • Work-life balance

Childcare for a friend: Should you say yes or no?

If you’re a stay-at-home mom, you have probably been asked to look after someone else’s kids. How do you support your...

Parenting • Discipline

What sets them off? Understanding your strong-willed child

Bring out the best in your strong-willed child by discovering their motivations and how to build on their many streng...

Parenting • Anxiety

Helping kids process news reports of violence

Soothing kids fears after tragic events like shootings, bombings and mass killings.

Identity, self-worth and body image

The foundations of healthy self-esteem in kids

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Addiction

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Life Challenges • Boundaries

How to deal wisely with manipulative people

God won’t manipulate, control or coerce human beings into obedience. And neither should we. Here's what to do if some...

Life Challenges • Marriage

Navigating painful reminders when you’re struggling with infertility

I couldn’t escape the constant reminders of what I hoped for and didn’t have. Why did it seem that every other couple...

Life Challenges • Anxiety

What we can do with our anxiety during a pandemic

We are not in acute, sudden danger nor are most of us completely unable to function. But we may fall somewhere on the...

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Faith and Culture • Society and culture

Models of manhood and womanhood: Jesus versus cultural stereotypes

What is a biblical man or a biblical woman? To answer that, we need to recognize our cultural stereotypes, to contra...

Science and nature

Exploring the world of scientific ideas and the wonders of creation, reflecting the glory of their Creator

Faith and Culture • Society and culture

Separating science from scientism, and why it matters

Faith and science are not in opposition. But science can mean different things – even contradictory things – to diffe...

Faith and Culture • Society and culture

Welcome, respect, affirmation: How Jesus interacted with women

Jesus' attitude toward women was countercultural within Jewish as well as Greco-Roman society. In his interactions wi...

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