About this episode

This episode discusses how to be relationally healthy by improving communication and understanding root issues in relationships.

A relationship can only be as healthy as the individuals in that relationship. So how can we grow and show up as our best selves for the people in our lives? In this episode, you’ll learn: Four things that erode or even break apart a good relationship. How to improve communication and work through conflict when you’re feeling misunderstood. How to answer the question "What is really bothering me?" so you can identify root issues. Links and Resources We Mention in This Episode: Get your copy of I Want to Trust You, but I Don't by Lysa TerKeurst here . We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology . Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges. Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today. Capstone Wellness provides residential treatment and custom therapy intensives that retrace hurt to the roots in a Christ-centered environment. Learn more at Capstonewellness.com/proverbs31 . Subscribe here to receive…

People in this episode

Host: Lysa TerKeurst

Topics covered

• relational health
• communication
• conflict resolution
• self-awareness
• mental health

Keywords

• relational health
• communication
• conflict
• self-awareness
• mental health
• relationships
• Lysa TerKeurst

Sponsors

American Association of Christian Counselors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Compassion International

Products: I Want to Trust You, but I Don't

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