Jim Daly

Dino Petrone is a senior software engineer. He’s logical and analytical. His wife Ashley is creative. She’s a stay-at-home mom who runs a social media business called Arrows and Bow, which incorporates home design tips and her family’s spiritual journey.

Their differences drew them together, then pushed them apart, then drew them back together again.

When Dino and Ashley began dating, they spent every minute that they were together talking and laughing. They messaged each other constantly when they were apart. 

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One of the most important character traits we can model for our children is resilience — the ability to overcome adversity.

As the apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.”

Paul is telling us that we can endure difficult circumstances and come out the other side with greater faith. Resilience is what transforms a challenge into an opportunity and a weakness into a strength. 

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It takes two healthy spouses to make a satisfying relationship — but just one unhealthy spouse to weaken it.

That can cause trouble for people who don’t self-evaluate, who assume everything’s going well unless their spouse tells them otherwise. A better approach is to take accountability for the good of our marriage by attending to how we act and speak to our spouse. Each of us has both flaws and virtues, and it is our personal responsibility to improve ourselves for the overall health of our marriage.

Author, speaker, and licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. 

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Perfect families don’t exist. But fortunately, the goal isn’t perfection.  It’s a family that is healthy and strong. But how do we achieve that?

Dr. Gary Chapman teaches families to think like a banker. Bankers don’t learn to spot counterfeit bills. They become so familiar with the real thing that they can easily spot a counterfeit. Becoming a healthy family begins by understanding what a healthy family looks like.

To that end, I’m airing a recorded message by Dr.

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Plenty of things cause anxiety. Political, social and financial unrest. Wars. Rumors of wars. Every new day offers something else to fear.

It’s a big reason anxiety has become the number one diagnosis in our country for mental health issues. One in five adults and one in four teenagers suffer from anxiety.

But how does anxiety manifest itself?

Headaches.

Sleep disturbances.

Our appetite seems off.

Panic attacks.

A bad feeling we can’t shake.

On Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, I’m airing a conversation that I had with the late Dr.

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