Most conflict is not about the moment. It is about the pattern. When friendship slips from the foundation, we start keeping score, protecting ourselves, and reacting instead of connecting. This article shares practical “disruptors” you can use early—before things get personal—so you can move from tension to understanding faster.

I expected a sharp well-thought out answer to the question, but to my surprise that’s not what I received. Her head dropped...

“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him’” 

Is your marriage the warm-me-up in the middle of winter or is it full of the frost and bone-chilling cold of the midwest?