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Reconnecting Through Summer: The Family Bond
Dr. Matthew W. Rowe, Ph.D., CPC, BCLC. Introduction Ah, summer! That magical time when the days are longer, the worries are fewer, and the opportunities for family fun are endless. Whether you’re a parent trying to pry your kids away from their screens or a family looking to create memories that will last a lifetime, summer is the perfect season…
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Loving the Friction in the Conflict
Loving the Friction in the Conflict By Joshua Hemingway, CPC, MHLC – LF3 Love Factor Introduction: When Conflict Won’t Stay Quiet Have you ever noticed how unresolved conflict has a sneaky way of showing up at the worst times? Maybe it’s a quiet tension during dinner. Or an unspoken resentment that turns small comments into sharp jabs. It’s the…
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Beauty From the Ashes
Beauty From the Ashes The rain had never stopped in Kelso—not really. Nestled deep in the mossy hills of the Pacific Northwest, it was a town where the trees whispered secrets and clouds lingered like unspoken grief. For Sarah and Jason, the rain had become more than weather. It was a metaphor. A reflection of what had settled in their…
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Thriving (Not Just Surviving) Summer with Your Kids — And Keeping the Spark with Your Spouse
Thriving (Not Just Surviving) Summer with Your Kids — And Keeping the Spark with Your Spouse -Matthew Rowe, Ph.D., CPC, BCMMHC. Ah, summer. That magical time when your kids are suddenly always home, your snack pantry is mysteriously empty by 10:13 a.m., and you’re somehow sweating before you’ve even made your coffee. If you’re not careful, summer break can turn…
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Five Things I Wish I Understood Before I Got Married
5 Things I Wish I Understood Before I Got Married – Kalaila Leslie, Expert Relationship Coach | LF3 Love Factor You’ve probably read a self-help book and thought, “Wow, that sounds like such great advice”—only to discover later that applying those tips in real life isn’t as easy as it seemed on the page. Marriage is kind of like that.…
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Stop, Drop, and Listen
“Stop, Drop, and Listen”How to Hear Your Spouse Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Cool) …and How Jesus Can Help You Not Snap Mid-Sentence – Dr. Matthew Rowe, Ph.D., CPC, BCMHC. Let’s be honest: Listening sounds easy… until your spouse says something that makes you want to throw a pillow—or a frying pan—in Christian love, of course. We all think…
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The Long Way Home
Tom and Elise Parker had always been the couple everyone admired. High school sweethearts who married young, built a modest but joyful life together, and raised three beautiful kids—Jenna, Caleb, and Emily—in a home filled with love, noise, scraped knees, dinner table debates, and whispered prayers at night. But as the years passed and life sped on, the beautiful mess…
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Suicide Sucks – But There Is Hope
Suicide Sucks — But There Is Hope -Teresa Pfaff, CPC, BCMHC. | LF3 Love Factor Let’s be real — suicide sucks. It sucks the life out of the one who dies by their own hand. And it sucks the life, the breath, and so much joy out of those left behind to survive the aftermath — wrestling with grief, guilt,…
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The Silent Treatment: How Lack of Communication and Vulnerability Can Wreck a Marriage—and What to Do About It
The Silent Treatment: How Lack of Communication and Vulnerability Can Wreck a Marriage—and What to Do About It – Matthew Rowe, Ph.D., CPC, BCMHC. Let’s face it. Marriage can be messy, hilarious, hard, beautiful, and downright confusing— sometimes all in the same day. One minute, you’re laughing over a shared inside joke, and the next, you’re communicating exclusively through glares…
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When Love Meets Grace: Brittney & Adam’s Journey from Brokenness to Wholeness
When Love Meets Grace: Brittney & Adam’s Journey from Brokenness to Wholeness Love doesn’t always start with fireworks and perfect timing. Sometimes, it begins with two people who are a little lost, a little broken, and a lot unsure of what their future holds. That was Brittney and Adam. When they first met, neither of them had a relationship with…
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From Disconnected to Deeply in Love: A 20-Year Marriage Redeemed
From Disconnected to Deeply in Love: A 20-Year Marriage Redeemed How One Couple Went from Surviving to Thriving with LF3 Love Factor “I love you, but I don’t like you right now.” Those were the words Lisa blurted out at the dinner table one random Wednesday night, fork mid-air, staring at her husband, Jake, over a plate of slightly overcooked…
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