Resources for Connecting with Others

This is a list of resources I've used in our sermon series on how to connect more in our relationships (here's the first sermon). If you want to continue your learning journey in how to connect with others, these are resources I'd recommend. 

Here's where to start:

• Web page: The Connected Families framework (image of the framework and a very quick overview)
• eBook: 4 Messages Every Child Longs to Hear (free download and gives an overview of the framework)
• Book: Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality by David G. Benner
• Book: The Joy Switch: How Your Brain's Secret Circuit Affects Your Relationships And How You Can Activate It by Chris M. Coursey
• Podcasts:
  • Connected Families: Are We Hardwired to Connect? Part 1
  • Connected Families: Are We Hardwired to Connect? Part 2

Connected Families resources

• Web page: The Connected Families framework (image of the framework and a very quick overview)
• eBook: 4 Messages Every Child Longs to Hear (free download and gives an overview of the framework)
• Core Online course that teaches their framework:"Discipline That Connects With Your Child's Heart" online course
• Book: Discipline That Connects with Your Child's Heart by Jim and Lynne Jackson
• Blog: Connected Families blog (many helpful articles)
• All online courses: Connected Families online courses

Podcast: Connected Families Podcast

• "You are safe with me" podcasts
• What Does It Mean to Be an Emotionally Safe Parent?
• Walk in Peace and Joy with Your Kids
• "You are loved no matter what" podcasts
• Communicating Love in the Midst of Misbehavior
• Connecting with Your Kids...Especially When They Struggle
• "You are called and capable" podcasts
• Mentoring Our Kids in Skills, Wisdom and Faith
• The God-Given Gifts in Your Child's Misbehavior
• "You are responsible for your actions" podcasts
• Teaching Kids to Be Responsible for Their Actions
• Guiding Kids to Right Their Wrongs
• Overview podcasts
  • Discipline That Connects with Your Child's Heart
  • Christian Discipline: The story behind our unique framework for parenting
  • Are We Hardwired to Connect? Part 1
  • Are We Hardwired to Connect? Part 2

Other podcasts:

• Good Inside with Dr. Becky
• The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Pete Scazzero

The Lasting app - a very well made app that guides through a couples therapy (not Christian, but really good stuff)

Books:

• Rare Leadership: 4 Uncommon Habits For Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead by Jim Wilder and Marcus Warner
• The Joy Switch: How Your Brain's Secret Circuit Affects Your Relationships And How You Can Activate It by Chris M. Coursey
• Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and the Church That Transforms by Jim Wilder
• The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages: How 15 Minutes a Day Will Help You Stay in Love by Marcus Warner and Chris M. Coursey
• The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks
• Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
• Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
• Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp
• The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery by David G. Benner
• Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality by David G. Benner
• The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World by Pete Scazzero
• Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Pete Scazzero
• The Emotionally Healthy Woman: Eight Things You Have to Quit to Change Your Life by Geri Scazzero with Pete Scazzero
• The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman