Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Whether we realize it or not, the family we grew up in still impacts us today and it can be difficult to know how to create a family that thrives when we’re repeating unhealthy patterns of the past.

Today’s episode dives into the meaning of our family of origin and how to navigate these intricate relationships. This is a massive topic, so if this episode sparks an interest to learn more, Focus on the Family Canada has created a free digital booklet that further explores this subject. It is free to you thanks to generous supporters of this ministry.

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

Today’s special guest is Andrew Montgomery, who came to our Canadian office for a special visit from Focus on the Family’s U.S. headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. As director of organizational development and communications, Andrew creates opportunities for Focus on the Family staff to grow in their knowledge, skills, and abilities in the workplace, and oversees the ministry’s employee communications. He has been with the ministry since 2000. Prior to his current role, he served as the organization’s director of public relations.

Welcome to The Thriving Family, a Focus on the Family Canada podcast.

They say silence is golden, but in the context of marriage, silence can be devastatingly painful.

There’s a lot you can say about saying nothing. Since silence can be used both constructively and destructively in a relationship, it's important we understand what is going on behind the silence.

Today’s episode, “Silent Storm: When Your Spouse Won’t Talk,” can help guide us through this challenging path. We’ll look at the negative sides of silence, how silence can be used for good, and how to decipher between good and bad silence in a marriage.