Repent to Your Family: The Charcoal Fire Principle for Repairing Ruptured Relationships

About this episode

The episode discusses how men can effectively address conflicts in family settings to repair relationships.

You exploded in the kitchen. Voices raised, the kids went quiet in that specific way kids go quiet when something is wrong, and now you're standing in the aftermath wondering what to do with it. Here's the question that determines everything: do you address it in the car on the way to church, or do you go back to the kitchen? Most men never even ask. They offer a vague "sorry about earlier," wait for the air to clear on its own, or pretend the moment passed without leaving fingerprints. It di...

People in this episode

Host: Seth Troutt

Topics covered

• relationships
• masculinity
• communication
• family dynamics
• conflict resolution

Keywords

• repentance
• family
• kitchen conflict
• communication skills
• emotional intelligence

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