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The Two Sides of New

1/3/2023

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By Lavern Nissley
Encompass Executive Director

The term "new" sparks different responses, doesn't it? For some, "new" is associated with a freshly purchased item that is going to make life soooo very much better. For others, "new" is something that requires major adapting to yet another change. Which are you? And how can you best navigate the two sides of new?

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What we love about being married

11/30/2022

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Testimonial by Thaddeus & Sara Williams
RINGS course & coaching participants

This one-minute to-the-point testimonial contains 2 valuable takeaways they have that make marriage satisfying. See if you can catch them.
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I'm still thankful: How i plan to de-stress during the holiday season

11/23/2022

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By: Hollie Kowalski
Encompass Outreach Coordinator


The holiday season is once again, upon me… uh, I mean us. I am an enneagram 2, wing 3. If you’ve never done an enneagram study, I highly recommend it. This study helped me learn so much about myself and my loved ones, why we are the way we are, and how to be healthier versions of ourselves. As a 2 wing 3 combination, I’m described as “the hostess,” and boy do I love hosting and entertaining others! Making our home festive, our gatherings joyous, and the season itself “perfect,” has been my goal in the past…even if it makes my Christmas, not so merry. Ha!
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I tend to put much undo pressure on myself during this season while trying to achieve perfection in every little Christmas thing, but this season I’ve decided to follow these guidelines to a less stressful and more peaceful holiday season: 

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Why the attitude of gratitude makes marriage go

11/8/2022

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By Kermit Rowe 
Encompass Relationship Facilitator 

The attitude of gratitude is powerful in any relationship, but especially so in marriage. As powerful as it can be, it can also be just as challenging. 

Our spouse is someone we’ve committed the rest of our life to, who probably knows us better than any other human being. They are reminded daily that we are not perfect, and we make mistakes. There are going to be times when we will give each other reasons not to be thankful, mainly because we do this life together. Here are some ways to overcome the challenge of taking the best thing to ever happen to us for granted... ​

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Showers of... Kindness

4/19/2022

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By: Ronda Nissley
​Encompass Connection Center Co-Director
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty – Anne Herbert, 1982
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I am one of those people that can become so focused on my calendar and my “to do” list that I lose sight of other people as human beings. After all, I have important things to do and deadlines to meet. Please don’t get in my way or slow me down! I am constantly at war with time. It’s easy for me to become impatient with others that don’t fulfill my expectations.

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Giving with dignity: Making this Christmas season even more magical

12/1/2021

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By: Abby Glaser
It’s hard to believe the holidays are here! If you are like me, you are already making progress on your shopping list for Christmas. One of my favorite parts about the holiday season is seeing the generosity of our community. There’s something about the Christmas spirit that brings out the best in us! You may like to give to organizations that help those in need or you may prefer to do it yourself through adopting families or giving trees. However you spread Christmas joy this year, consider giving the gift of dignity! You may be wondering what that means... allow me to explain!

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Gratitude Stories: davises, tollivers & keeners

11/28/2021

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Each week in November we've been sharing stories from grateful couples who have seen their family trees forever changed through growing in relationship skills. This week we hear from Malcolm & Kristen Davis, Par & Helen Tolliver, and Gary & Andrea Keener who have all channeled their gratitude into the Power of 2 (P2), a monthly giving opportunity to "pay it forward".

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Giving the perfect gift

12/24/2019

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By Kermit Rowe
(Kermit is a relationship facilitator with Encompass)

​There’s no denying it … the holiday rush has kicked into high gear. Finishing the shopping and baking, the decoration hanging and last-second plan-making. Lots of “-ings” but not lots of time left to be “finish-ing” them.

What’s a person to do? Or for the purposes of this post, what’s a couple to do?

While checking our list twice, we do well to ask ourselves who should be at the top of that list.

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Father's Day surprise II

6/25/2019

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By Lavern and Ronda Nissley
(This post is a follow up to Father's Day surprise from last week about a life-altering experience that almost took Ronda's life. If you aren't familiar with this back story, you'll want to read it first.)

Robert Emmons, a leading researcher on gratitude, had this to say about it in a 2010 Greater Good Magazine post : "Gratitude is a social emotion. I see it as a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people." He also provided 4 reasons on why gratitude is good.

We'd like to share those 4 reasons as well as our own 7 points of gratitude surrounding a major challenge in our own marriage journey.

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Stay thankful

11/20/2018

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By Lavern Nissley

​You could pretty quickly list a whole bunch of things that are going wrong in your life, that are frustrating you or that people around you are screwing up. What happens to your mood when that's your focus? Yucky and dark, right?

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