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…
7 Common Problems That Cause Divorce
Marriage is hard and feels shaky sometimes. Erma Bombeck said, “Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.” There are so many challenges facing marriages today. And although each relationship has its own trials and stresses, certain challenges are common to most…
Getting To Know Your Spouse Again
One of life’s greatest disappointments is feeling that the person you married years ago now feels like a stranger in your arms. People are constantly growing and changing; a husband and wife will grow together or grow apart – there’s no middle ground. How well do you and your partner…
Why Communication Saves Marriages
There are many reasons why a couple once madly in love no longer cares for each other. Whatever the reason, a husband and wife don’t just suddenly grow apart; it happens slowly, over time. Usually, all roads that lead you away from your spouse point back to communication issues. It’s…
How To Make A Long-Distance Marriage Flourish
Long-distance marriages are complicated. They’re not very fun either. But time apart is a fact of life for some couples. A long-distance relationship requires trust, mutual respect, and communication (a lot of communication, actually) to last. Here’s some great news for the couple who is navigating the perils of a…
Communication Tips For A HAPPY Forever!
How you communicate with your spouse matters. Your language, tone, body language, and spirit will make or break your relationship, maybe not at first but eventually. Don’t underestimate this. Think about it; you express your thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams, ideas, and fears through communication. When you were first married, you…
Why You Must Think For Yourself Part 2
It’s easier to keep your head down and go with the flow and not cause any trouble than to rock the boat by standing up for what you want from love and life. And, there’s nothing wrong with that IF all you want is an average life and an unfulfilling…
Four Types of Family Therapy For a Happier and Healthier Family
We depend on our families. Starting from an early age, they shape who we become, probably more than we care to admit. Families are like puzzle pieces, with each piece having a role to play, depending on their responsibilities within the family. Sometimes certain things happen that break the pieces…
Trouble Motivating Your Spouse?
Motivating your spouse isn’t always easy. It’s hard to know how to help them find a better job or career, start exercising, lose weight, be more positive, get out and live more, or create a budget and do financial planning. Stay Focused on What You Can Change You can get…
Part 13: A Final Word About Boundaries
The Purpose of Boundaries We don’t set boundaries to control other people. Boundaries are meant to serve and protect what matters most to us. They allow us to live our lives on our terms. Without boundaries, we’re at the mercy of agendas, feelings and circumstances. At the end of the…