How Necessary Are Emotional Boundaries In Relationship?
When people hear the word “boundary,” they feel like they’re being limited from doing things they want to do. That’s understandable since it defines where things start and end. As “limiting” as boundaries may seem, looking at it from a different perspective can do wonders for your relationship. Boundaries can…
How To Have More Compassion In Your Marriage
Imagine a world without compassion. What do you see? Are people happy? Do they enjoy their relationships? Do they have meaningful conversations with their partners? Do marriages last? Without compassion, people have no consideration for how their actions make others feel. In a world without compassion, being right is more…
Four Mindset Shifts For A Happy Marriage
We’ve all heard that if we want our marriage to be happy and last a lifetime, we need to work on ourselves. When we don’t work on our issues, we tend to project them onto our partner. Our baggage makes us nitpick about the littlest of things, making it difficult…
Is Everything Okay, Honey?
Supporting each other through tough times is perhaps one of the most important parts of marriage. But being a supportive wife or husband doesn’t always come naturally. It’s easy to feel helpless when your partner is suffering and you don’t know what you can do to ease that suffering. Here…
Asking for Personal Space from your Spouse
Personal space and privacy are an important part of a healthy marriage. It’s hard to have a healthy marriage when your entire lives revolve around each other and your kids. However, it’s also challenging to tell your spouse you want some alone time without hurting their feelings or getting into…
How to Have a Romantic, Dinner Date at Home
Food is one of the greatest pleasures. Some of us enjoy trying new and exciting foods, while others would rather enjoy their favorite foods. When dating, your partner’s favorite food is one of the first things you find out about him or her. You discover most of this information by…
Dealing with a Spouse’s Job Loss
Unemployment is one of the main causes of marital problems and divorce, because it is very demoralizing for your husband or wife to be laid off from work. Most homes today rely on two incomes to make ends meet, so when one income is lost it can place a lot…
How To Make Life At Home Less Stressful During Covid-19
Life at home is stressful these days as millions of families self-shelter to stay safe from COVID-19. But is there anything you can do to make it a little bit easier (and by “easier” I mean not lose your sanity)? Yes! It’s pretty simple, actually. Be considerate (1 Peter 3:7)….
How Covid-19 is Hurting Families
Domestic violence is on the rise as families struggle with self-sheltering. (By the way, domestic violence also includes verbal and emotional abusiveness; it’s more than physical abuse.) Fear, worry, concern, loss, financial stress, close quarters, and more, are straining families. Here are ways to reduce the pressure and stress on…
Telling Your Spouse You’ve Changed Your Mind About Having Kids
When people are getting married the conversation around whether or not to have kids can take many forms: Agreeing to wait a while before having kids Agreeing to have kids immediately Deciding not to have kids Agreeing to decide later whether or not to have kids This marriage advice for…