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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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​3 WAYS TO SPEAK MY LOVE LANGUAGE: Acts of Service

9/15/2021

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The Encompass Outreach Group is going through a blog series on the 5 Love Languages!  Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on different love languages, the impact they have on our lives, and how we can fill others' "love tanks!"
By Ronda Nissley
My husband says it’s difficult being married to someone whose love language is Acts of Service. That may be true, but I propose that it’s always a challenge to learn any language that’s not our native language. The best way to learn any language is to learn from one who has that language. Here are a few tips to help you learn the Acts of Service love language

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In Our Own Words: Mike and Tracy

6/2/2021

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By Lisa Carnegis
After 23 years of marriage (31 if you count dating), you’d think we’d be experts at relationships. At least that’s what we thought.
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For the majority of our marriage, our communication with one another suffered. This was long enough for patterns and habits to set in. 

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Marriage Strengthening Exercises That Have an Immediate Impact

5/26/2021

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By Encompass Outreach Group
Most marriages have difficulties, arguments, and even fights that can lead to you and your partner feeling disconnected from each other. Marriage strengthening exercises help you reconnect and find your love again by focusing on areas like team-building, intimacy, and communication. Here’s how to strengthen your marriage using exercises that will have an immediate impact, some of which you can even do at home.

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Don't be an April Fool!

3/31/2021

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By Lavern Nissley
Practical jokes and pranks are what April 1 is known for. Kinda fun to lure people into thinking something unbelievable is true, and then exclaiming, "April Fools!" One comes to expect good-natured pranks on this day, but what if we shifted the terrain a bit? What if we could identify some pretty foolish things, and then NOT do them in April? What if we narrowed the list of foolish items to relationships? Maybe this is what would emerge . . .

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A RINGS Experience Journey

2/24/2021

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By Lavern Nissley
In early October of 2020 as a client couple was wrapping up the final session in the RINGS course, the husband asked an intriguing question: "Do you have a RINGS quick reference guide to help us remember all of the skills and insights we've learned. We don't want to forget what we've just completed."

"What a great idea!" I responded. Since its launch in May, 2007, RINGS has been experienced by thousands of couples. And this was the first time such a request had ever been voiced.
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What could we develop for completing couples to post on their refrigerators or bathroom mirrors? What you'll see below is the final outcome - with much appreciation to Joe Candio for the initial idea.

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Where Food Meets Faith

1/13/2021

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By Kermit Rowe
There is just something about a couple working together to achieve a common goal. It just seems if they do it for the right reason, the right way, there’s an incredible power in it. My wife of 34½ years, Nancy, and I ran across a program called New Life Promise and its motto is “Where Food Meets Faith.”

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brand new rings!

11/5/2019

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By Lavern Nissley

After 12 years of providing RINGS (Real Intimacy and Growth Skills) for couples, we are rolling out a major update/upgrade. The overall look and structure has been refreshed. Want to take a sneak peek?

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Love _______

5/7/2019

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By Lavern Nissley

If you had to build 3 very simple sentences, a subject and a verb, starting with the word "love", what would you come up with? Here are several examples: Love hurts. Love heals. Love trusts. Love tries. Love listens.

All good and pretty accurate. But not what we're emphasizing in this post. Want to know the verb we're highlighting in a new social media campaign?

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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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