Is Self-Love Selfish?
We tend to forget about ourselves the moment we enter into a relationship. Our attention shifts from ourselves to our partner, and we constantly put their happiness above ours. While selflessness is one of the elements that help make relationships work, this doesn’t mean ignoring our needs because it’s difficult…
How to End 2020 With a Happier Relationship
The pandemic has caused most couples to spend more time than usual with their partners. While some saw this as a re-introduction or an opportunity to discover so many amazing things about their partners, others saw otherwise. Some grew sick and tired of spending so much time with their partners…
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…
Loving Kindness
How often do you go out of your way to be kind to your partner? When everyday responsibilities become stressful, little acts of kindness from a spouse can make difficult times easier to handle. In fact, kindness is a great way to show love and affection for your partner and…
Self Confidence Makes Your Marriage Better
All healthy relationships and marriages go through hard times. However, marriage problems are not an indication of the couples’ abilities or lack thereof and should never be taken as such. Couples’ should never tie their self pride to the success of their relationship. It takes two self confident people to…
Coping With Different Fight Styles
Every married couple – no matter how well they communicate – will have relationship issues at some point in their marriage. However, every disagreement doesn’t have to turn into a fight. It is possible to diffuse an argument and literally stop a fight in its tracks. How do you deal…
The Secret to a Happy Blended Family
Remarrying when you have kids presents unique challenges. Not only do you need to learn how to live with your new spouse, but also how to live with your step kids- if any. You need to put in work to turn your new family into a cohesive blended family. But,…
Surviving the End of the Honeymoon Phase
When people first begin to fall in love, they experience several emotional highs as a result of the chemical changes happening in their brains. Scientists say that these highs are similar to those experienced by people who suffer from bipolar disorder. It’s no wonder that romantic love doesn’t last long….
Reduce Conflict by Understanding How Your Partner is Wired
Every married couple experiences some sort of personality clash over the course of their marriage. Studies have shown that 68 percent of all conflict in marriage is due to personality differences. Thankfully, with the right marriage advice, couples can learn how to navigate personality differences in marriage and save their…
Everyone Needs Reassurance and Validation
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…