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Five Biblical Characteristics of a “Bad Boy”

December 13, 2016

When you hear the word “bad boy”, many different stereotypes can enter your mind. You make think of the tatted up, Harley riding biker or the Hollywood version that’s a little rough around the edges and extremely sexy.

Most teenage girls are going to think about the latter example. Images of these bad boys are used to attract teenage girls. Countless movies have been made with the following plot: good girl meets bad boy, the bad boy gets her out of her shy ways, good girl tames bad boy, and they live happily ever after.

Everything about this seems alluring, but it’s a Hollywood fantasy. Usually the bad boy is just that, bad, and the girl ends up heartbroken at the delusion she believed. Therefore, in today’s post, we’re going to talk about five Biblical characteristics of a bad boy, so you can avoid this heartbreak as well. Here we go!

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Five Ways to Avoid Relationship Envy

November 28, 2016

Have you ever seen couples together during the holidays while single and felt a sense of envy?

Seeing happy couples is virtually inescapable during the holidays. They’re on TV, at school, family get-togethers, and walking down the street. On TV, they’re getting awesome gifts and at school you hear girls talk about what they are getting their boyfriends and vice versa.

It can be hard to watch and listen to this and not feel like you’re missing out. I’ve been there, and I’ve felt what you felt- that tinge of desire to get something on the last day of school to make you feel special.

Be not dismayed! This post is going to discuss five ways to avoid this feeling, especially during the holidays.

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Vlog: My Story of Abuse

November 11, 2016

We’ve made it! This is the last post in our Cycle of Violence series! So far we have discussed:
The Cycle of Violence
Seven Characteristics of an Abuser
Quiz: Am I in an Abusive Relationship?
How to Break up with an Abuser
Healing After Abuse
How to avoid an Abuser in the Future

The final post is my personal story. **UPDATE (2018): I looked back over this video and cut out some of the not so interesting parts. It’s now 12 minutes instead of 18. The first 10 seconds is a little choppy for some reason, but the rest of the video is fine.**

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How to Avoid an Abuser in Your Future Relationships

November 9, 2016

One of the biggest questions I had when my abusive relationship ended was, “How do I avoid this ever happening to me again?”

UPDATE: I have created a quiz entitled “Quiz: Could my crush be a potential abuser?” that you can access in our free resource library that will help with this as well; it has a bit more than what is included in this post!*

After reading many, many articles and doing some massive soul searching and deconstructing how my abuser and I first began to date, I found some common threads.

Below are three action items to do that will help you avoid getting into an abusive relationship.

*There is a video at the end if you prefer that*

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Healing After an Abusive Relationship

November 6, 2016

Hey everyone and welcome back to the Cycle of Violence series. I am so glad you’re here! If you randomly stumbled upon this, we are doing a two week series on teenage dating violence. All of the posts are linked at the bottom.

Today we are discussing five ways to heal after an abusive relationship. Being in this type of relationship takes a toll on almost every aspect of your life and hopefully by the end of the post, you will have concrete guidelines that will help you stay in the fast lane on the road to recovery.

There is a video that goes along with this is at the end of the post if you prefer that. :).

Let’s dive in! How to heal after an abusive relationship.

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