Wonderfully Made Articles
Maximize Your Catholic Marriage (part 6): Plan the best romantic dates ever!
What’s missing from our ideas about date planning? We tend to think certain things all by themselves create romance: for example, dinner out, flowers, gift-giving. These are all great, and we should do them if the person we love really enjoys them. But there’s more to...
Maximize Your Catholic Marriage (part 5 of 6): How to affirm and leverage each other’s capabilities, for a stronger, happier marriage
“Lord, I am wonderfully made! Wonderful are all your works!” (Psalm 139:14) To strengthen our marriages, we first have to be willing to acknowledge that our own unique design is a wondrous thing. After that, we can help each other. It’s a little like putting on your...
Maximize Your Catholic Marriage (part 4): Conflicts as Signposts to Connection and Healing
Would you like to put unnecessary and discouraging conflicts to rest for good?* It’s pretty normal to find marriage frustrating. Men and women are wired differently to begin with. On top of that, we’ve got temperaments, love languages, talents, needs, unresolved pain,...
Maximize Your Catholic Marriage (part 3): Enter Each Other’s Mysterious World!
Today we’re exploring how to “speak into” each other’s worlds—again, through an understanding of talent—in order to generate new levels of intimacy, understanding, and trust.
Maximize Your Catholic Marriage (part 2): Spot Clues to Talent in Action
Want to banish loneliness from your marriage? This week, I’d like you to think of your marriage as a treasure hunt, and I’ll offer you some tools for unearthing each other’s talents and helping them to really shine. If you can do just that for each other, you’ll be...
NEW SERIES! Maximize Your Catholic Marriage and Honor God with Your Talents
“We have made more progress in our marriage in the last two months than we have in the last ten years.” That’s quite a statement, isn’t it?
An Attitude of Prayer
In my thirties, I had a huge conversion.* And as a new convert full of zeal for God and desiring to give myself to Him wholeheartedly, I made the beginner mistake of overloading myself with spiritual practices. It was exhausting because If I didn’t keep every...
This Webinar is Already Changing Lives
Settle in with your family and friends, pop some corn, and prepare to be very excited about your hidden talents and how easy it is to grow them into super-strengths.
Just an Inkling of How Wonderfully Made You Are
St. Therese of Lisieux said, “How great must a soul be to contain a God!” Kind of a funny statement, if you've never been taught to appreciate the handiwork of God. Talent awareness has nothing—zero—to do with ego. In fact, if you delve into your natural abilities, I...
Unmasking False Shame for Greater Freedom
False shame can hold us back from ever truly enjoying our lives, but it’s possible to unmask this nasty little imposter--and dump it for good. A client I’ll call Jim has a big diocesan job and a solid reputation for his achievements in youth ministry. He’s a highly...