5 Warning Signs You’re Too Guarded
Photo by Natasha Brazil on Unsplash Living with your guard up is easy when you’ve been hurt or taken advantage of. And it gets even easier as we age because of everything we see, making us even more selective in the friends we choose and the people we hang around….
Love Yourself Enough To Replace Bad Habits
Photo by Bart LaRue on Unsplash One of the best ways to improve your marriage is to improve yourself. Instead, most spouses try to change their partner’s behavior before changing their own. Be honest, you have a bad habit, don’t you? Maybe more than one. We all do. Maybe you…
Your 30-Day Marriage Resolution
Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash One of the top resolutions for couples in a rocky relationship is to have a better marriage in the coming year. We’re already several months into the new year; how is your marriage? Is it the same as last year? Or is it getting…
Are You A Negative Spouse?
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Experts say that about 80% of our thoughts are negative. If that’s anywhere near accurate, it’s safe to say that most of our self-talk is negative, too. How do you imagine this might affect the quality of your marriage, your perception of your spouse,…
Do You Have Personal Boundaries?
Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel on Unsplash If you want a healthy, happy marriage, you need personal boundaries. Creating and maintaining boundaries is difficult because it takes clarity, work, and commitment. Sometimes a spouse rebels against their partner’s boundaries and willfully crosses them. “When we fail to set boundaries and hold…
How To Stop Hurting Your Spouse With Your Words
Words have the power of life or death, especially in a marriage. They can make you feel like you’re on cloud 9 one day and hopeless and dead the next. Saying hurtful words is never right in a marriage, but the wrong words at the wrong time are especially lethal…
Saving Your Marriage With Compassion
Showing your spouse compassion is one of the keys to a happy marriage. A relationship that lacks compassion soon becomes cold and harsh. Being A Compassionate Spouse Compassion combines consideration, kindness, concern, and empathy, laying the foundation for a fulfilling love life and happy marriage. Compassionate people are happier. And…
Taming Your Projection Mindset To Save Your Marriage
Our thoughts about our spouse and marriage greatly affect our happiness and perception of what kind of marriage we believe we have. But what if our perceptions are false? How do they shape our relationship with our spouse? We must guard against a projection mindset in marriage because it can…
Ending The Blame-Game In Your Marriage
Blaming and shaming your spouse damages your marriage. Some spouses blame their partners for everything; it’s an ugly, harmful habit. Deepak Chopra made this insightful comment: “When you blame or criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.” Stop Blaming It’s easy to see someone’s faults but be blind…
Give Your Spouse The Benefit Of The Doubt
Can a couple have a happy marriage if one spouse is always suspicious of the other? Having a healthy marriage is hard when you constantly doubt your spouse’s words, feelings, and actions. Such behavior demonstrates a lack of trust. Unless there’s been a breach of trust, a spouse should give…