by Daniel Derrer | May 1, 2019 | Relationships
Mindfulness is not a new concept. References to mindfulness can be found in many religions and philosophies over the past 2,500 years. Mindfulness made its way into contemporary culture in the 1960s in large part through Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk...
by Daniel Derrer | Apr 16, 2019 | Christian Counseling, Keeping Relationships Healthy, Relationships
Empathic meeting involves not just listening and sitting with another’s life crisis, stressors, or pathology, but with their striving in the process. It’s those ‘micro-moments’ when frustration, misunderstanding or hopelessness invades the space between us,...
by Bethanie Stevenson | Feb 15, 2019 | Keeping Relationships Healthy, Relationships
Think back to the beginning of your relationship with your spouse or significant other. How did we connect with one another? For some, we spent hours chatting over coffee or on the phone. Others, we choose to be engaged in activities and events we would never consider...