My new book -- The 5 Life Languages: A New Way to Understand Yourself and Others -- launched just a month ago, and has been doing really well on Amazon. I'd love for each of you to order one, then post on here what God might be showing you. It's just $15.99. If you're not familiar with it, here's kinda the run down directly from the Amazon listing: Two people. Same words. Completely different meanings. It happens at dinner tables, in marriages, and between parents and children. It happens in churches, workplaces, and friendships. And it quietly breaks hearts every single day. Licensed Christian counselor David Ralston, PhD has watched it unfold across thousands of sessions: relationships crumbling not from lack of love, but from lack of understanding. The 5 Life Languages(R) is his answer, a practical biblical framework that stands apart from ordinary communication books. Beneath every conversation lives a longing: to be enough, to matter, to be seen, to belong, to find peace. These five longings are the five Life Languages. When you learn yours, and theirs, frustration turns to empathy, conflict becomes connection, and the people who once drained you begin to bring life. You will meet real people in these pages: the wife waiting in her date-night outfit for a husband who misread one text, the perfectionist who cannot rest, the helper who quietly disappears. And in their stories, you will recognize your own. This book will help you: - Identify your Life Language with the built-in Self-Assessment - Understand why your spouse, children, and friends respond so differently - Apply insights worthy of the finest christian marriage books to everyday moments - Move beyond the surface fixes of typical communication skills books - Break patterns of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and quiet withdrawal - Build the connection described in books on healthy relationships, anchored in grace

Whose voice do you hear when you think about who you are—the person who criticized you, the relationship that left you feeling inadequate, or the mistakes you still hold against yourself? Those experiences matter. But they don’t get the final word about your worth. I’ve added a new free course to Life Reframe: My Identity in Christ—See Yourself Through God’s Eyes. Through five practical, Scripture-based lessons, we’ll explore how to recognize the messages you’ve carried, receive what God says about you, and let that truth shape your everyday life and relationships. Each lesson includes reflection questions, practical application, and prayer. You’ll also find a downloadable companion packet to keep. Go to the Classroom tab, open “My Identity in Christ,” and begin with “Start Here: About This Course.” —Dr. Dave

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, @Dave Ralston !!!!

I just dropped a free new course in the Classroom. The title is Confession & Repentance. It is a 4-lesson course with my teaching, questions for conversation with God, putting it into action, and a closing prayer in each lesson. Hopefully these will help you create a rhythm in how you study and meditate on God's principles. Once you've had a chance to complete the course, please post your thoughts on the Discussion board. This is a really important topic, and I think discussing it will bring clarity and understanding to many of us. --Dr. Dave

Life Reframe is a temperament-based growth ecosystem built around the Five Temperament Model exclusive to the APS temperament profile. Most people try ineffectively to fix behavior because they don’t understand temperament. Inside this community, we build the framework that explains your emotional wiring and how it shapes your reactions, relationships, and growth. This is not therapy.This is not coaching access.This is structured temperament literacy. Here you will learn: • The five temperaments • How Inclusion, Control, and Affection shape emotional needs • Why repeating conflict patterns happen • How to interpret behavior through design instead of assumption Life Reframe is built for long-term growth. Start with the Foundations Course and build from there. — Dr. Dave