Avoiding Words That Hurt

It’s no fun putting your foot in your mouth!

Whether you’ve been on the receiving end of hurtful words or maybe you’ve used words that hurt, we know the weight that words can carry. So why is it so difficult to control what we say?

Have you ever stopped to really think about how you communicate?

Do you think before you speak? Do you criticize or talk with kindness? Are you honest in the things you say and loving in your tone?

Emerson Eggerichs

Focus on the Family wants to give you some real, practical help for speaking with grace and civility. So we’ve developed a FREE series of 7 short videos (each 2-6 minutes in length) called Avoiding Words That Hurt, featuring best-selling author Dr. Emerson Eggerichs.

This series contains seven short episodes that will cover the following topics:

Video #1: Why Do We Speak Before We Think?

Video #2: Tweets and Consequences

Video #3: The Opportunity to Be a Skilled Communicator

Video #4: Principle 1 — Are My Words True?

Video #5: Principle 2 — Are My Words Kind?

Video #6: Principle 3 — Are My Words Necessary?

Video #7: Principle 4 — Are My Words Clear?

Is this an area in your life that you need help with? I’m sure it could be because we all need to be more grace-filled in the way we communicate with others.

We’d love to send you this 7-part video series.

Fill out the form below to tell us where we can send it, and we’ll get you the whole series right away.


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