My Husband or Wife is Not the Person I Married!
Do you ever catch yourself thinking that your partner is no longer the person you married? There is a sense of security that comes from knowing your spouse really well. It’s easy to trust someone when you can predict how he or she will react to a situation. However, people…
Everyone Loves a Good Compliment
Young couples are very generous with compliments. They just can’t stop expressing their appreciation and admiration for each other. But most couples don’t keep up these compliments after the honeymoon phase of marriage. Repeating the same compliments over and over again can get old very fast. However, it’s possible to…
Being A Supportive Wife or Husband
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…
What Has Marriage Taught You About Yourself?
Ever wondered why married people are healthier, wealthier and happier than single people? It’s probably because marriage is like a mirror. It forces us to see yourself for who you really are. Marriage can bring out the “worst” and the “best” in you. You can’t go through marriage without finding…
Being Married Isn’t Supposed to be Stressful!
Marriage is supposed to be a source of comfort. It’s meant to help you mitigate stress and pressure from other areas from other areas of your life. This is not to say that marriage should be hunky-dory all the time. It means that the good should always outweigh the bad….
Gratitude Makes You a Better Spouse
Once again, it’s time to get together with family, enjoy some good food and be thankful. But before you get caught up in the holiday rush, spend a couple of minutes being grateful for your spouse and your marriage. Here’s why. It keeps you positive Gratitude makes you more positive…
Rules of Engagement for a Healthy Marriage
Far fewer couples would have marriage problems they created a healthy marriage code. A code is a set of rules/principles/behaviors that you are determined to follow regardless of your situation or circumstances. Having rules reinforces the structural integrity of the marriage and keeps external forces from tearing your marriage apart….
Are You Too Open About Your Marriage?
Any confidential information that is shared between spouses must be guarded like a treasure. Sharing this information with a third party, including friends and family, is dishonorable, and there are many ways in which it can go terribly wrong. Here are some of the things that could happen. Losing control…
The Three C’s of Happy Marriage
There are three main things that happily married couples do to maintain a healthy relationship. They are committed, communicate well and aren’t afraid to compromise. These are the three C’s of happy marriage. Commitment Happily married people are not just committed, they’re also more than happy to demonstrate that commitment….
Living Out Your Faith Makes You a Better Communicator
Many marriages today are plagued by communication problems. However, researchers have found that religious couples who live out their faith are better at communication in marriage and happier in their marriages. But what is it about spirituality that makes you a better communicator? The simple answer is that religious beliefs…