Family Shift

Even at an early age, children are forming opinions about themselves that are either positive or negative. How do you help your children develop a healthy self-image? In this episode, Rodney & Michelle Gage share three beliefs that we must instill in the hearts and minds of our children when it comes to shaping a positive identity in their lives.

Join Rodney & Michelle Gage while they discuss the various stages of parenting.

Have you ever thought long and hard about what values are important to you and your family? What are the guiding principles, priorities, or qualities that you use to define or shape your marriage and family? Why are these questions so important? Because what we believe determines how we live. Our values not only drive our priorities and decisions, but they also shape the culture of our marriage and family relationships.

How To Get On The Same Page In Your Marriage

There are several factors that shape our attitudes, perspective, and expectations that can cause couples to feel like they are on two completely different pages or rowing in opposite directions. The question is, “how does a couple get on the same page?”

How To Communicate With Your Spouse

Unfortunately, for many couples, what started out as the “ideal,” turns into an “ordeal” simply because they have a difficult time seeing eye to eye and agreeing on the little things. These little disagreements (misalignment) can quickly escalate into becoming big issues that divide and derail marriages.

The good news is that it’s never too late to make the shift! The first step to get your marriage back on track is to understand where you both are coming from. Your unique backgrounds and experiences have shaped your beliefs and perspectives.

Learn more and download the worksheet to complete with your spouse on the Family Shift website: www.familyshift.com/podcast

Anger is a real emotion we all struggle with from time to time. How we express it is often what gets us in trouble. In this podcast, Rodney & Michelle discuss the importance of taking a step back and reflecting on what is actually causing you to feel angry. When we do, it can actually help you gain a better perspective and help you deal with your anger in a healthy and productive way.

1. Understand What Is Causing Your Anger

2. Think About It And Talk About It Before You Act On It

Visit www.familyshift.com/podcast and www.familyshift.com/blog for more resources to stop the drift and make the shift to tighten your bond!

There’re many reasons why people fear commitment and there are many reasons why commitment matters in our lives, careers and especially in our relationships. In this month’s podcast, Rodney and Michelle share 3 reasons why the power of commitment is so important to our marriages and to help teach our children.

According to marriage and family counselor Dr. John Gottman, 69% of marriage conflicts are never solved. That means we are often having the same fight over and over again. Dr. Gottman, also studied couples on how they fight for over 16 years. He said, Now he can watch a couple for only 5 minutes & determine within 91% accuracy whether the couple will make it or if they will divorce. He said, it’s all in how you fight. It’s not “if” you fight, it’s “how” you fight.

In a recent study conducted by Small Business Trends, out of 38 countries surveyed (1 being the best and 38 being the worst) America ranks #30 in balancing Work & Home. 66% of all full-time employees strongly believe they do not have a healthy work-life balance. In this episode Rodney and Michelle Gage talk about the pattern of busyness and share 3 steps we can take to start building more margin into our lives.

All families experience drift from time to time. The danger is when we don’t realize we’re drifting. In this episode Rodney and Michelle Gage share 5 warning signs of the drift and give us 3 things we can do to shift the drift so we can live with greater intention in our marriage and family relationships.