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Embrace your relationship: release the old and receive the new

1/10/2023

 
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By Kermit Rowe 
Encompass Relationship Facilitator 

As we transition into this new year, a question has been on my mind: Did I make the most of my marriage in 2022? 

It’s not a question for the faint of heart. It’s an examining question, a difficult question, and it leads to another question: Will I be honest enough with myself about this question? 
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When quitting is not an option

10/25/2022

 
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Testimonial by Chris & Amy Pruett
RINGS course & coaching participants

This one minute to the point testimonial contains a valuable principle from a couple who was on the ropes and hating each other. See if you can find it!

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Kevin & Renee: Knowing when to seek help

8/24/2022

 
Introduction by Lavern Nissley
Encompass Executive Director

​The brief video we're featuring answers the question, "How do you know when it's time to seek help in your marriage?"

Not every couple reaching out to us is on the brink - some just want to grow in their skills.

​But Kevin and Renee were giving it one final attempt. Their heartfelt reflections are an encouragement to all couples who can identify with them.

Encompass Connection Center helps couples learn how to create fulfilling, productive relationships for years to come.  We offer a free relationship assessment to determine your relationship’s strengths and potential threats. For additional help, look into our RINGS Experience, which includes marriage strengthening exercises and a coaching model to help build real intimacy and growth skills. We'll also help you to break those destructive patterns that may negatively impact generations.
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Everywhere a sign

8/9/2022

 
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By: Cindee Johnson
Encompass Relationship Coach

Orange barrels. No trespassing. Yield. Under construction. Do not enter. Danger. No outlet. Stop. Do you ignore these cautionary signs? Hopefully not! They are meant to protect you.

Do you know there are cautionary signs for our relationships, too? Although these aren’t posted quite so clearly along life’s journey, they can become glaring warnings, especially in communication and conflict.

As the 5 Man Electrical Band sang in 1970, “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.”

But... what are the signs?

How do we identify them?

Where do we get help in understanding them?

Relationship researcher John Gottman has identified“ Four horsemen” seeking to destroy marriages. They ride in with signs we can’t afford to ignore. Gorman describes the four like this:

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Counseling or coaching, that is the question

8/3/2022

 
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By Lavern Nissley
​Encompass Executive Director
If you wanted to improve your golf swing or baking skills, you would likely seek quite a different avenue of professional expertise than if you had just suffered a compound fracture.

Relationships and marriages have these same two dimensions of expertise: one is more focused upon healing and therapy, the other upon learning and implementing skills. Let’s dive in and see how these fit together.

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Is your marriage suffering from vow amnesia?

7/14/2022

 
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By: Kermit Rowe, Encompass Relationship Facilitator

As a pastor who has performed countless wedding ceremonies, I’ve witnessed close-up the divine beauty of starry-eyed, committed couples making loving vows to each other and God that they intend to keep for a lifetime. It makes for lots of warm fuzzies and even more happy tears. However, working with struggling couples as a relationship coach for Encompass Connection Center, I’m convinced that they have been struck by a dreaded mental deficiency called “vow amnesia.”
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It strikes without warning, often brought on by the onset of heated and/or unresolved conflict, difficult life challenges, situational disillusion, or flat-out bad moods. Momentarily taking leave of the macro view of their marriage, they give into the not-as-important-as-it-seems current disagreement. This leaves one wondering “Did I really say ‘I Do’ to ...”


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The path to disconnect

5/18/2022

 
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By: Abby Glaser, Community Advocate
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A few weeks ago our executive director shared lots of great tips on staying connected with your partner. Hopefully you found some valuable information there! You may have come away from it wondering how you became so disconnected in the first place? There are lots of reasons couples might find themselves disconnected from life stressors to internal struggles that aren’t being addressed. I would like to share with you what that path to disconnection* often looks like and what you can do to turn the tide!  

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A fresh Start: After the Storm

3/10/2022

 
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By Lavern Nissley
Encompass Executive Director

Have you ever wanted a do-over in a relationship? A sort of golf mulligan where you didn't like the outcome of your shot, and you know it could be much better if you had a chance to try again?

Another picture of a fresh start is the feeling you have after a ferocious thunderstorm has passed, the clouds are clearing, and the sun is coming back out with a refreshing warmth.

How do we experience such fresh starts in relationships with others? That's what this series in March is all about. What you're about to see is remarkably simple, yet requires great wisdom and sensitivity to do it well. It could be as simple as a chuckle. But don't do it until you've read further!

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Ya gotta love the five languages . . . of apology?

12/9/2021

 
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By Kermit Rowe, Encompass Relationship Facilitator

Most of us have heard of the Five Love Languages, famously authored by Dr. Gary Chapman nearly three decades ago. They are so powerful in connecting couples that Encompass Connection Center has long incorporated the teachings of the Five Love Languages into its comprehensive relationship skills training.

But there are five more languages that may be just as helpful in building good communication as their more famous counterparts. They also come from Dr. Chapman, along with help from Jennifer Thomas. They are The Five Languages of Apology. Want to know what they are?

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Dare to be a Daniel - thriving in a hostile work environment

10/27/2021

 
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By: Ronda Nissley
Many of us are familiar with the biblical story of Daniel who was a high ranking administrator in ancient Babylon. Daniel is often hailed for his wisdom and courage in the face of adversity. But did you ever wonder how Daniel was able to not only survive but thrive in what was likely a hostile work environment? Likely, he faced many things that conflicted with his faith and culture.

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    Lavern & Ronda Nissley are co-directors of Encompass. Married since 1978, both enjoy coffee, riding their tandem bicycle and working together to build strong relationships.

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