Reducing Drama in your Relationships (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
When you feel overwhelmed by others this holiday season there are things you can do to find hope. Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory talk about how to quiet the chaos and find peace. They share what being overwhelmed by others feels like, how we can “pre-decide” and set boundaries before we interact with family, how to practice self-care, and how to deal with “crisis creators.” They also share how to determine if something is a “big deal” or a “deal breaker.” A final reminder is given that with God’s help you can find peace at the holidays and throughout the year.
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| 0:00.0 | Ken spends a lot of time away from home, working on the pipeline in Alaska, and our podcast has become his lifeline. |
| 0:08.2 | Focus on the family has helped my marriage by leaps and bounds. You give us so much meat and potatoes to think about. |
| 0:16.7 | Like, don't focus on yourself. Put yourself in your spouse's shoes. What are they going through down there? |
| 0:22.0 | Ken finds our content so helpful. |
| 0:24.2 | He's eager to share it with others. |
| 0:26.4 | It can hit home. |
| 0:27.5 | Hey, I'm going through that same thing. |
| 0:29.2 | That's why I enjoy listening. |
| 0:31.4 | So I spread that to other coworkers who might not know Christ, |
| 0:36.5 | who might be having a bad day. You get to know them. |
| 0:39.6 | Say, hey, by the way, listen to this Focus on the Family podcast. I'm Jim Daly. Right now, we need |
| 0:45.5 | your help to deliver hope and joy to marriages like Kins. When you give before December 31st, |
| 0:51.5 | your gift will be doubled. Donate at focus on the family.com slash family or call |
| 0:58.0 | 800 a family. This should be easier. I love my family. You know, we have a couple of problem |
| 1:06.3 | people. Maybe I'm the problem person sometimes, but this should be easier. And what we need to do is normalize that these holiday gatherings, getting together with the people we love, |
| 1:16.8 | always bring some additional stress and to plan for that and say it's okay, |
| 1:23.0 | but to know we're not crazy for feeling stressed out. |
| 1:26.5 | That's Kathy Lipp, and she's got advice about solving dilemmas that come up during the holiday |
| 1:31.9 | season here on Focus on the Family. |
| 1:34.3 | Kathy is joined by her co-author Sherry Gregory, and your host is Focus President and author |
| 1:39.6 | Jim Daly. |
| 1:40.5 | I'm John Fuller. |
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