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What does it mean to be a healthy and mature adult? Adults can range from emotional infants to emotionally mature adults. Dr. Rick explains the differences and challenges us to become healthy, emotionally mature adults.

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Forgiveness is essential. However, it does not remove the pain and hurt from the offense. Forgiveness allows one to be free from resentment and bitterness, but the pain takes time to heal. Dr. Rick explains...

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Is marriagfe really work? Do you really want to come home from work to continue working? Or is marriage only work for those who are immature and do not know how to work marriage? Dr. Rick explains...

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Do not believe that what you do does not have consequences. What you do has consequences on others, even unintended ones. Dr. Rick explains...

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Based on how we treat others we will be a source of pain or a source of pleasure. Love, as an emotion, is based on whether one is a source of pleasure. We feel love for those who are a source of pleasure and joy, and we feel threatened by those who are a source of pain. Dr. Rick explains...

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We all have different aspects to ourself. And we operate from these based on situations, how we feel, etc. Dr. Rick explains...

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Ever tried to get your way through arguing your point? Ever tried to debate someone to no avail? How do we persuade folks to think objectively about an issue in a way that we can persuade them to our way of thinking? Dr. Rick discusses Aristotle's view of what it takes to persuade. Three things. Listen in...

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Dysfunctional families, or emotionally immature ones, create more pain than pleasure, and the members of these families seek to minimize pain through various means. Over time, family members migrate into specific roles that become how they handle the dysfunctional family system. Dr. Rick explains these roles...

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Love is kind. Yet, do we really know what kindness looks like? We talk about it but rarely see it. And when people are unkind towards others, they tend to justify it. This lack of self-awareness and empathy erodes love, goodwill, and respect. Dr. Rick discusses kindness and the power it brings to one's life and relationships.

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Everyone wants to be a leader, the boss. And much has been written on traits and skills for great leaders. But what about a great follower? Dr. Rick talks about essential traits of being a mature follower and how this impacts relationships at work, play or home.

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Dr. Rick talks about what research reveals are the traits of a healthy family and how these impact one's sense of self-worth, which is essential to loving maturely.

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Self control is listed as a fruit of the Spirit. Yet, ever noticed that some non-Christians have strong self-control and some Christians do not. Dr. Rick shares some principles regarding self-control and self-regulation that makes it a crucial element of emotional maturity and emotional intelligence.

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It is essential that we forgive. However, many assume that when they forgive the pain from the event will go away. It does not. Forgiveness is essential for healing and once we forgive, the pain can now heal. Healing from the pain takes time and intenionality.

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What you do has ripple effects. We not only reap what we sow, others reap the consequences of our choices as well. When we are irresponsible, someone else has to take the responsibility for the outcomes. When we are hurtful, some one gets hurt. Dr. Rick explains...

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