In this extended episode, Chris shares one of his favorite relational skills and the wonderful effect practicing it has on him and his family. He also shares the plan for the next few months of podcast episodes and gives a sneak peak into what we can look forward to!

🔗 Learn more about Skill 4

🔗 The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People book: https://thrivetoday.org/4-habits-people/

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What is the Life Model? How does the mission of THRIVEtoday and what we do fit into that? These questions and more are addressed in this episode, along with a list of great resources to help you on your journey to your God-given identity!

🔗 Watch the History of Thrive webinar.

🔗 Learn more about Life Model Works: https://lifemodelworks.org

🔗 Book: Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You

🔗 Book: Joy Starts Here

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How can we use the relational circuits (aka RCs) in our brain to stay connected? Every interaction we have, including connecting to God, is impacted by our brain's "master switch". Training this switch to stay on will help us be our best self at all times. Chris gives tips of how to practice keeping our relational circuits on and relational so that we can love the people in our lives no matter what's going on around us.

🔗 Watch the Joy Switch webinar.

🔗 Book: The Joy Switch

🔗 Book: The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages

🔗 Learn more about Skill 0

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In this week's episode, we focus on information and testimonies about our Premier Training. Chris addresses commonly asked questions, such as:

- Why do I need this training if I am using other resources?

- What are the benefits of traveling to a live event?

- How do I fund my training?

- What if I don't have a partner?

🔗 Learn more about Thrive Premier Training

🔗 WEBINAR: The History of Relational Skills 

🔗 WEBINAR: What is Thrive Premier Training?

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The story this week comes from our friend Paul, who illustrates the need to grow our capacity before working toward healing on some of the really tough things in life. If we don't have the capacity to stay ourselves and connected to God when facing hard memories or traumas, we need to grow some more! Chris shares about why this is, and gives some resources to help.

🔗 Learn more about our Foundational 5 Course and other F5 resources.

🔗 If you have experience with the foundational skills, you will love our NEW course: Tools for Navigating Emotions

🔗 Check out The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People book.

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Chris shares the story of a season when he and Jen went back to the basics in their own skill practice. Receive encouragement that practicing relational skills doesn't have to be complicated, and we can start right where we are.

🔗 Take the 28-Day Joy Challenge! https://4habits.org

🔗 Learn more about THRIVEtoday: https://thrivetoday.org/about

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This episode of the podcast dives into the topic of emotions: Are emotions bad? Why do we need them? What are/aren't emotions? We also hear a story from Todd, who is learning healthier ways to view and navigate emotions.

🔗 Listen to our free webinar "Stories of Emotions". 

🔗 Visit our Skill 11 page for more info and resources on the skill of 'Return to Joy'.

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We all mess up from time to time. This provides the perfect opportunity to practice our relational skills as we repair! This episode features a story from Jeremy, whose day wasn't going smoothly with his daughter, and how he repaired and changed the course of their interaction.

🔗 Visit our Skill 4 page for more info and resources on the skill of ' Create Appreciation'.

🔗 The Thriving Mamas blog has many stories of parenting scenarios and examples to help you on your journey.

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This episode discusses times when emotions can be hard to manage and why some situations are harder for us to return to joy from than others. Chris walks through how to tell if you have adopted some unhealthy coping habits for these moments and how to change that to better ways to connect with God and not feel alone when you have big emotions.

🔗 Visit our Skill 11 page for more info and resources and for info on NEW Return to Joy resources coming 2025.

🔗 Do you ever find it difficult to face and manage your emotions or struggle with how to respond to others in their big feelings? If so, you are not alone! Watch the webinar: Stories of Emotions

🔗 Revisit Episode 67 of the podcast where Michel Hendricks describes the amazing difference it makes in our interactions and relationships when we stay relational, notice and validate others emotions.

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In this delightful episode about the importance of sharing joy with our loved ones, Chris explains some of the science behind connection and shares several helpful exercises that we can use to connect with those close to us in a meaningful way--just in time for Valentines' Day!

🔗 The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages Book

🔗 Learn more about Skill 3: Bonds for 2

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