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Love, Truth, And Shifting Your Mindset In Conflict

By 1st Principle Group / June 10, 2024 /

As followers of Christ, we are called to show love for others and the truth of Scripture in every aspect of our lives. Love and truth should be especially present in our marriages, where they serve as the bedrock of our relationship with our spouse. However, balancing love and truth can sometimes be challenging, particularly…

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I’m A Christian. Do My Strengths Matter? Part 2

By 1st Principle Group / June 10, 2024 /

In our first post in this series, we looked at how to identify your strengths.  But how can Christians talk about their strengths without coming across as boastful? Christians often grapple with the idea of talking about their strengths. They are concerned about coming across as boastful or prideful, which goes against the humility we…

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I’m A Christian. Do My Strengths Matter? Part 1

By 1st Principle Group / June 10, 2024 /

What is the purpose of understanding our strengths as Christians?  This two-part series will examine why Christians need to understand our strengths and how Christians can talk about them without appearing boastful. Understanding our strengths teaches us to lean into and utilize our God-given talents and abilities to glorify God through our work.  Recognizing our…

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Creating A Safe Zone With Your Spouse

By 1st Principle Group / May 30, 2024 /

What do you do if you and your spouse find yourselves embroiled in conflict that never seems to go anywhere?  In order to see progress and find resolution, it can be helpful to use a tool that we call the “Safe Zone Exercise”. A Safe Zone is where you and your spouse create a set…

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How to Address Existing Nepotism in a Family Business, Part 2

By 1st Principle Group / January 16, 2024 /

In the second part of our series on how to address existing nepotism, we look at steps you can take to remedy the problem and rebuild trust with employees.

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How to Address Existing Nepotism in a Family Business, Part 1

By 1st Principle Group / January 16, 2024 /

Family businesses may engage in nepotism with the best of intentions to support and care for their families but can end up with many problems.  This blog post series discusses what to do if you realize that nepotism has already taken root in your business and how to rectify the situation, using four steps.

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Having Difficult Conversations in Family Business

By 1st Principle Group / January 16, 2024 /

In this post, we delve into why tough conversations are essential to a healthy family business and how to have effective, fruitful conversations.

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How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 4

By 1st Principle Group / January 15, 2024 /

In our last post, we looked at how to help your child cope and process their emotions around a divorce.  Today, we will look at how to work with your co-parent and how you can disciple your children. Respecting your co-parent as another person made in God’s image, even if you have a broken or…

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How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 2

By 1st Principle Group / January 15, 2024 /

Our last post discussed how to talk to your child about a divorce.  We will look at how to help your children cope during and after a divorce. Children may feel many different emotions and respond differently to a divorce.  Some common emotions and ways you can help are: Only some emotions will likely be…

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How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 1

By 1st Principle Group / January 15, 2024 /

God hates divorce.  He intended that a couple would be married for life. We see in Scripture that a Biblical divorce can happen because of adultery or desertion(s). In over three decades of working with Christians, most of the time when a divorce happens, it is because one spouse doesn’t really believe the Gospel.  There…

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