Relational Skills in Real Life

Brittany describes how her capacity was low when she was first introduced to relational skills, but as she has practiced her capacity has expanded so that she can stay present during harder things. Her story references our 5-Day premier training, which Chris shares a little more about. 🔗 Thrive Premier Training - What is it? 🔗 The Foundational Five Introductory Course 🔗 Skills Practice Classes...

Why do many people who have been pursuing healing for a long time seem to get stuck? Chris shares about capacity and how that can help you deal with pain as it comes up in your life. 🔗 Unlock Your Healing - 3-part Webinar Series 🔗 The Foundational Five Introductory Course 🔗 Looking to lead a small group? We have books and courses with facilitator tips. Learn more: https://thrivetoday.org/facili...

In this episode, Chris introduces the maturity stages and tells a story about someone pausing their ministry to develop more maturity in their lives and the good things that came from that. 🔗 Thrive Premier Training What is it? 🔗 Living From the Heart Jesus gave You Book 🔗 Journey Groups Alive & Well Ministry Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes....

Why is it important to have relational skills? Why do we need to practice these skills regularly? Chris shares what happens in our brains and body when we are in upset and tells us a story to illustrate how relational skills can help. 🔗 Explore our topical online theory course:  Spreading Relational Skills in My World 🔗 "How the Relational Skills Address My Biggest Problems?" YouTube S...

Kāmi tells a story about noticing when she was overwhelmed and how she connected with Jesus to return to joy and peace. 🔗 The Joy Switch Book 🔗 The Skill 0 Theory Course Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

How can we help our kids grow relational skills? Chris discusses how to attune to and share the good stuff with our kids in a way that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. 🔗 The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids Book 🔗 Thriving Mamas Blog Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Chris tells the story of some friends of his who learned about relational skills later in life and how it transformed their family. 🔗 The Foundational Five Introductory Course Want to do the course in a group? Email us for Facilitator Tips: info@thrivetoday.org Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Jen tells a story about a time when she was able to connect with Jesus and not feel alone in a scary situation. As we celebrate Jesus' birth, let's treasure the gift of His presence in the good times, and in the hard ones. 🔗 Learn More About Skill 13 🔗 Take our Skill 13 theory course Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

When things go wrong, how do we stay the best, most relational version of ourselves? This episode discusses how to mess up well and recover from big emotions that can arise. 🔗 Thriving Mamas Blog 🔗 Find out more about Skill 12: Act Like Myself Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Chris talks about how to keep the flames of joy alive through the stress and busyness of life. 🔗 The Joy Switch Book 🔗 The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People Book Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Anni talks about the challenges of practicing skills while living alone and some creative strategies she uses to practice and grow. 🔗 Connect with friends near and far with Holiday Connections Bingo! 🔗 Join our next Habit Builder Group and practice relational skills online. Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Jen shares about her fear surrounding giving, and how connecting with Jesus about it turned the opportunity for generosity into joy. 🔗 The Fun of Generosity booklet This week is Giving Tuesday - If you would find joy in partnering with THRIVEtoday with a financial gift, you can give here: https://thrivetoday.org/investintheskills/ . Whether you give or not, we are glad you are here! Thank you for...

How do you incorporate relational skills into your day? Even when your life is busy and you can't give a lot of time to developing new skills, there are some little things that go a long way to grow good things in your life. 🔗 28 Day Joy Challenge Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

This episode discusses how to notice when you are missing relational skills, how to identify what's missing and knowing when to stop. 🔗 Thrive Premier Training 🔗 The Joy Switch Book 🔗 Habit Builder Groups Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Rebecca shares her story about how practicing relational skills has helped her when she feels anxiety, and helps her stay joyfully present in situations that were hard before. 🔗 After-Event Course: Overcoming Anxiety 🔗 Our anxiety resources can be found here: https://thrivetoday.org/anxiety/ Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

For some of us, the holidays can be a painful or stressful time. How can we use joy and peace to stay relational during these times? 🔗 Holiday Peace Toolkit PDF 🔗 Holiday Connections BINGO PDF Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Shawnda tells about a time she attuned to her teenager instead of yelling for his attention, and the amazing results. 🔗 The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids Book 🔗 The Joy Switch Book Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Chris shares the importance of paying attention to our bodies and being aware of how we are affected by what is going on in our lives and how we can affect our bodies by learning the relational skills of peace and joy. 🔗 Check out our Skill 0 Courses , specifically any of the body sections in the skill practice versions. 🔗 Learn more about Skill 0: The Relational Circuits Thank you for listening...

We learn when other people tell stories about what they have experienced in their lives. In this episode, Chris shares how to get our brains in a trainable state so we can share the joy with each other. 🔗 The Joy Switch Book Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Chris shares the foundational building block relational skills that have changed his life and are easy to share with friends and family. 🔗 Learn more about The Foundational 5 , including our Introductory Course [Use code f5skills to get 50% off!] 🔗 Lead your small group through our Introductory Course with our Facilitator Version: https://thrivetoday.thinkific.com/courses/f5-facilitator Thank yo...

Kristy describes how she shared joy with her children to strengthen relationships and form strong, secure attachments with each other. 🔗 Can I Experience Joy When I Don't Feel Happy? - Skill 1 | Webinar 🔗 How to Spread the Good Stuff - Joy Theory Course Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

How do our bonding patterns affect our lives? How do our attachment styles form? Have your needs been met in predictable ways? Chris answers these questions and more to help us start down the path to joyful, secure attachments. This podcast addresses Relational Skill #17: Identify Attachment Styles. 🔗 https://thrivetoday.org/premier-training 🔗 Transforming Fellowship book 🔗 Learn more about Ski...

What is the difference between joy and happiness? Chris shares about how to live in joy and share the good stuff with those around us! 🔗 The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People Book | Ch. 1 - Myths about Joy 🔗 Free Webinar: Can I Experience Joy When I Don't Feel Happy? 🔗 Additional book resources: Joy Starts Here , The Joy Switch Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on f...

How do you share appreciation and joy in the workplace? This episode shares a story from our friend Gina about how a little bit of creativity can go a long way to change the atmosphere and share the good stuff at work. 🔗 The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People Book Thank you for listening! Subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. www.thrivetoday.org

Appreciation is packaged joy, or actively recalling moments of joy. Chris tell us how important this is in marriage and how it reminds us about the "good stuff" in our marriage relationships. 🔗 The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages Book 🔗 Our Marriage Course takes you and your spouse through The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages book over 6 sessions with videos from the authors and their...