Are you tired of having the same arguments, experiencing the same frustration, and getting pulled into the same unhealthy cycle of conflict in your marriage?
Five Steps to Break the Cycle of Crazy: Learning How to Resolve Marital Conflict Without the Extra Drama is a practical, biblical resource designed to help husbands and wives recognize unhealthy conflict patterns, stop them before they cause more damage, and respond in a healthier, wiser, and more Christ-centered way.
Inside this book, you will learn how to:
- Recognize when you and your spouse are entering the cycle of crazy
- Take a healthy timeout without abandoning the conversation
- Invite God into the conflict and seek His wisdom
- Separate facts from assumptions and identify the real issue
- Put yourself in position to receive biblical direction
- Respond with greater self-control, humility, and understanding
- Put God's direction into practical action
- Develop a personal conflict action plan for your marriage
This book does not teach couples to avoid every disagreement. Instead, it helps you learn how to handle disagreements without allowing criticism, defensiveness, anger, withdrawal, accusations, and other unhealthy reactions to take control.
You will also find practical examples, reflection questions, a Five-Step Conflict Action Plan, and a Marriage Replenishment Prayer to help you move from simply understanding the process to actually putting it into practice.
Whether your marriage is currently struggling with repeated conflict or you simply want to strengthen the way you and your spouse communicate, this resource can help you develop healthier conflict habits and move your marriage toward greater peace, connection, and biblical strength.
Stop feeding the cycle. Start practicing a better way to handle conflict.
Five Steps to Break the Cycle of Crazy can help you and your spouse begin taking those steps together.