Self Examination: How Are You Using Your Strengths in Your Relationships? The beginning of a new year is a wonderful time to examine yourself, particularly in how you are using your strengths. This kind of self-examination can be challenging because your strengths are intangible. One practical way to understand how you have used your strengths…
Read MoreHow You Can Empower Others to Know and Use Theirs Every person has strengths. But do the people in your life know theirs … and understand how to use them? You can help that happen when you give them a gift of strengths – a tool they can use right away. As an added bonus, most…
Read MoreHow God Used Mary and Joseph’s Strengths, Part 3 Throughout the Christmas story, Mary and Joseph demonstrate the value of different strengths. God specially selected Mary and Joseph to be Jesus’ earthly parents. He used their different strengths in processing information, solving problems, managing change, and facing risk – each in unique ways. Mary and…
Read MoreHow God Used Mary and Joseph’s Strengths to Process Information Throughout the Christmas story, Mary and Joseph demonstrate the value of different strengths. God specially selected these two individuals to be Jesus’ earthly parents. He gave them different strengths in solving problems, processing information, managing change, and facing risk. Mary and Joseph used two distinct…
Read MoreHow God Used Mary and Joseph’s Strengths in Solving Problems The Christmas story offers powerful lessons about strengths. God specially selected Mary and Joseph to bring His Son into the world and raise Him. He used their different strengths in processing information, solving problems, managing change, and facing risk – each in unique ways. When…
Read MoreThree Ways Practitioners Use Curriculum to Equip Couples Healthy, mutually supportive marriages become that way intentionally. So say our certified practitioners, who use Different By Design marriage curriculum in all kinds of settings. Different By Design guides couples through the process of identifying their individual strengths, their spouse’s strengths, and how to blend strengths to…
Read MoreDifferences between a husband and wife need not be a threat in marriage … but rather can be the most significant factor pulling them together. That is the truth that has slowly dawned on Roger and Darlene. You’ll recall this couple had committed to attending a marriage conference at their church, but each did so…
Read MoreDo You Color Inside the Lines or Outside the Lines? As the marriage conference presenter continued to speak, Darlene glimpsed over at her husband. Roger had flipped his conference booklet page to the next page and was busily filling in blanks. Darlene nudged him. “You’re not following the speaker’s directions,” she hissed. Roger stared at…
Read MoreHow Do You and Your Spouse Pass the Baton to One Another? Do you plan for change, taking a logical, systematic approach to working your way through tasks? Or maybe you allow change to drive your plans. As life events enter your world you get excited and move into a new activity spontaneously. Chances are…
Read MoreSeeing Well With Two Sets of Eyeglasses Roger and Darlene sat down at the table at the same time, each with a cup of coffee. It was halfway through the marriage conference and the couple had just returned from a break. Roger reached for his eyeglasses and put them on. Suddenly, everything was a blur.…
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