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The Science of Falling in Love

Falling in love is a common experience and a wonderful one. It sweeps us up in a euphoric passion that dominates our thoughts day and night. But is there more to it than simple emotions? Romantic love, and its impact on us, has been the subject of study for millennia. Philosophers from ancient times have mused on it, theologians have divined it and poets have waxed lyrical about it. More recently, it has become a subject of interest to scientists from the fields of psychology, sociology and neurobiology. Consequently, we ...

By Byron and Francine Pirola|2022-05-13T09:10:23+10:00May 13th, 2022|LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

Five Ways to Build Trust

Managing each other's expectations in a relationship can be challenging, but here are five steps to building the trust required for a solid foundation from which you can grow together. Today we had a meeting. Sigh… The dreaded meeting! Being a couple and working together is complex. We’re both strong-willed and passionate about what we do, so it’s easy for us to slip into a mode where we single-mindedly pursue what ...

By Byron and Francine Pirola|2022-04-23T13:42:15+10:00April 23rd, 2022|LOVE & MARRIAGE, FAMILIES|0 Comments

Dad-Life Hacks for Raising a Strong-Willed Child

Parenting a strong-willed child can be challenging, but with various techniques, it can be very rewarding. Channel their energy into productive activities, and communicate clearly with them to achieve mutual goals. I’ll begin by saying: I love my strong-willed child. She’s full of light, is daring, boisterous, spirited, and loud. Strong-willed children, as defined by Psychology Today, are children ‘who are stubborn and always have to get their way.’ Writing for ...

By Rod Lampard|2022-04-01T18:06:49+10:00April 1st, 2022|NEW DADS, Children, Dads|0 Comments

From Valentine to Valen-TIME

Quality time together is ideal to keep the spark alive in a marriage, but it needs to be bolstered by "quantity-time", making the effort to do routine things together, being comfortable in each other's company and sharing everyday moments. With Valentine’s Day approaching, couples everywhere are looking for ways to mark the day with romance. From lovestruck dating couples to couples stressed out with kids, every one of us struggles to ...

By Byron and Francine Pirola|2022-02-11T22:56:12+10:00February 11th, 2022|LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

On Having the Perfect Plan for Your Children

God's wisdom and plans are greater than ours. It is tempting to chart our children's lives for them, but even better is when we let God take the wheel – directing our lives and our children's lives too. Do you already have the “perfect” plan designed for your children’s lives? As parents, I believe this is a particularly difficult area to manoeuvre. Wanting the very best for our children, we can ...

By Annette Spurr|2021-11-13T09:37:20+10:00November 11th, 2021|FAITH, Children, FAMILIES, MOTHERS|0 Comments

Building Trust Through Clear Expectations

The key to building trust in relationships is for both people to make their expectations clear and then commit to meeting those expectations. When we look back on our early romance, we note how quick we were to trust each other, even recklessly so. We dived into the relationship with ready abandon and little thought for the risks of rejection or disappointment. Since then, our trust levels have strengthened in many ...

By Byron and Francine Pirola|2021-10-29T09:19:54+10:00October 30th, 2021|LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

7 Life Lessons From The Longest Day: A D-Day Film Review

More than just a movie, The Longest Day captures for us many life lessons that we would do well to take note of still today. In this post, Guy shares 7 as he watches the D-Day film with his family. Life Lessons from D-Day As I write this, I am sitting with my father-in-law, 3 of my kids and my Irish Setter watching the war classic, 'The Longest Day'. It is, ...

By Guy Mullon|2021-09-20T08:13:32+10:00September 20th, 2021|GOOD BOOKS & VIDEOS, Dads, FAITH, FAMILIES, MANHOOD|0 Comments

Have We All Become Paranoid Parents?

It was a sunny Saturday morning; I was dining alfresco at a restaurant on a busy street, casually sipping my coffee, when I noticed a little girl wander past our table and down the street. Her mother was deep in conversation and didn’t notice. I didn’t want to cause alarm by yelling at her to watch her child from across the busy tables, so I walked toward the little girl. She ...

By Annette Spurr|2021-08-30T11:42:23+10:00August 31st, 2021|MOTHERS, Children, Dads, FAMILIES|0 Comments

Manliness – What Women Want in a Man

“As iron sharpens iron so does the face of a man’s friend,” is a saying from the book of Proverbs. It really sums up the mysterious masculine healing power that is released when men gather together for a noble purpose. I have experienced this mysterious force in men’s gatherings at so many different levels and in so many different ways, for the last 40 years. I just love it when men ...

By Warwick Marsh|2021-08-07T13:40:24+10:00July 24th, 2021|MANHOOD, GOOD BOOKS & VIDEOS, INDIGENOUS DADS, LOVE & MARRIAGE, TRAINING|0 Comments

Is Recovering from an Affair Possible?

What is worse than death of a partner in a relationship? For those who have been through it, finding your partner has cheated on you brings pain that can seem to be impossible to deal with. How will your relationship survive? How will you survive? What about the kids? In this blogpost and podcast, Phil will give you hope and a pathway forward that works. Help! My Partner Has Had An ...

By Guest Writer|2021-07-09T12:04:58+10:00June 29th, 2021|PODCASTS, Dads, FAITH, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MANHOOD, SEXUAL INTEGRITY|0 Comments