🎯 SKILLS FOR FAMILIES: Learn a powerful 5-part conversation tool and teach your family. https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/community ————————— Today, we’re tackling a relatively untouched topic on the podcast. Parenting. Why parenting on a leadership podcast? Among your many roles as a leader, one of the most important (and difficult) relationships is parents and children. The truth is – whether biological, adopted, or spiritual children, we all are called to raise up the next generation. The reality is – without deep inner work and awareness, parents always repeat exactly as they were parented. You will parent the same way unless you intentionally change your family pattern. You’ve heard the Proverb, “Train up a child in the way they should go.” (Proverbs 22:6) Emotionally healthy parenting says, “Train up a parent in the way he or she should go.” Today is part one of a two-part series on the longest-lasting relationships you will lead in your entire life. This. Read more.

✅ FREE DOWNLOAD: Access the “Community Temperature Reading” Video and PDF for free — https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/community To cultivate healthy relationships, everyone around you must feel empowered to communicate clearly and honestly. In part one of this series, Geri Scazzero is joined by her husband Pete,  to explore the first of 8 essential relationship skills every leader must adopt in order to unleash the God-given voice of our people. Together, they’ll model a powerful skill called “Community Temperature Reading” and talk about how it applies to relationships in leadership and life. Without this skill, people feel silenced – unable to speak truth and creating the conditions for an environment of frustration, resentment, and judgement. Imagine leading a church where every staff, leader, and volunteer knows how to communicate clearly. Imagine a culture, where everyone feels safe to tell the truth and has the skills needed to do so. Imagine the unity that is possible when every voice is. Read more.

✅ FREE PREVIEW: Download and Watch Session One of the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Course — https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/preview Many Christians do not know what to do with their emotions. When sadness, anger, or disappointment surface in our souls, we avoid them rather than see them as gifts. As a result, we are rarely present with God or with others. The truth is that emotions never die. They are only buried alive. They always resurface, leaking into other parts of our lives and relationships. It took God’s work to change this in Geri Scazzero’s life and marriage. When Geri and her husband discovered the permission to explore their emotional lives, it was like opening up a dam for the first time. The world went from black and white to color almost overnight. In part five of this series, Geri Scazzero is joined by her husband Pete to explore the 8 essential relationship skills everyone must adopt in order. Read more.

✅ FREE PREVIEW: Download and Watch Session One of the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Course — https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/preview All of us, in some way, are anchored in our past. In other words, none of us are “blank slates”. We each bring the blessings and curses of our families of origin (Exodus 20:5) into our relationships, marriages, and churches. Emotionally healthy disciples understand that you cannot go forward without first going backward. That is why the skill of the Genogram is one of the essential tools in both parts of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Course. in part four of this series, Geri Scazzero is joined by her husband Pete to explore the 8 essential relationship skills everyone must adopt in order to cultivate emotionally healthy relationships. —————- ✅ How Emotionally Healthy Are You?: Take a Free Assessment to Discover if You Are an Emotional Infant, Adolescent, Teenager, or Adult — https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/mature  

Unclear and unmet expectations have the power to rip apart relationships, divide teams, blow up families, and sink entire churches. That’s why expectations are a matter of life and death! There are 4 primary ways expectations go wrong: Your expectation is unconscious. You didn’t even know you had an expectation until it was violated. Your expectation is unrealistic. It is not reasonable given the person or circumstance. Your expectation is unspoken. You did not clearly articulate your expectation to another person. Your expectation is un-agreed upon. The other person never agreed to follow-through with your expectation. The good news is – this can all be remedied by learning the life-saving skill of Clarifying Expectations. On part three of this series, Geri Scazzero is joined by her husband Pete to explore the 8 essential relationship skills everyone must adopt in order to cultivate emotionally healthy relationships. —————- ✅ How Emotionally Healthy Are You?: Take Free Assessment to Discover if You Are an Emotional Infant, Adolescent,. Read more.

Much of the pain we experience in relationships is the fruit of wrong assumptions. Assumptions are like a dragon that seeks to destroy our well-being. ·      People quit their jobs over wrong assumptions ·      Churches split over wrong assumptions ·      Couples divorce over wrong assumptions ·      Families stop talking to one another over wrong assumptions. When we make assumptions about others without checking them out, it’s easy to start telling ourselves stories about them in our heads that are not true. We are bearing false witness in our own thoughts, resulting in damaged relationships. The principle is simple: NEVER assume you know what a person is thinking or feeling.    In part two of this series, Geri Scazzero is joined by her husband Pete, to explore the 8 essential relationship skills everyone must adopt in order to cultivate emotionally healthy relationships. This skill is called “STOP. Read more.