Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 11: How Nice Are You?
Complimenting & Praising How Nice Are You? How affirming of a person do you think you are? Are you someone who: Gives encouragement? Gives compliments? Gives credit where credit is due? Gives praise? And if so, then do you offer these things to your husband or wife or only to…
Stop Your Divorce and Save Your Marriage Part 10: Before & After Kids
Foggy Memory Remember what life was like before kids? (It’s all kind of a big blur to me.) One question: What did you do with all of your free time! Having children changes things. Time once spent on yourself is now spent on nursing fevers, potty training, chauffeuring, chaperoning, trips…
Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 9: Money & Politics
Money Money Make Money Let’s face it. Care to pick a fight with your spouse? Then just disagree about money. Talk about kicking over the hornets nest. Few things cause greater marital strife than money, especially when times are tough. But even when the economy is great, money is still…
Stop Your Divorce & Save Your Marriage Part 8: Sweat The Small Stuff
Gender Differences Are Not Irreconcilable One of my favorite comedians is Bill Cosby. He claims that gender differences fill a marriage with vibrancy and delight. In other words, women aren’t just “men” who can happen to have babies. And men aren’t just “women” who have a thing for spiking footballs….
Stop Your Divorce & Save Your Marriage Part 7: How to Save Your Marriage
THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE For the past several weeks, we’ve discussed some of the myths and assumptions that surround divorce. One of the reasons is to raise awareness that divorce might not be the best (or even a very good) pathway out of an unhappy marriage. There are definite advantages…
Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 6
The Case For Staying Married What is your attitude towards marriage? Do you think of it more as a “ball and chain” or an exciting adventure? For some, marriage is about restriction and loss of personal independence. But to others, it’s about freedom and experiencing new realms of happiness, joy…
Eight Steps To Start Saving (Or Growing) Your Marriage Today
What is the condition of your marriage? How healthy is your relationship with your spouse? If things stay the same in your marriage, where will your relationship be in 3, 5 or 10 years? Will you still be together? Will you be happy, or struggling to maintain a weakening, fading…
Marriage Help for Long-Distance Lovers
MARRIAGE IN TODAY’S WORLD Life in today’s world doesn’t mean that you and your spouse will be together 24/7. In fact, during the past several years some spouses have taken jobs in other states, and sometimes even in other countries, just to provide for their families. What do you do…
Be The Change You Want Your Marriage To Be With The Three C's
Would you like to improve your marriage? Ever secretly wish you could change your husband or wife? Do you really want a better relationship in 2013? Then BE the change you want your marriage to be by practicing The Three C’s Here are the Big Three that happily married couples…
Save/Strengthen Your Marriage With A Weekly Date Night
Every husband and wife need a weekly date night to have a thriving relationship. I know you have heard this before, but are you doing it? How many date nights with your spouse are on your calendar for January and February? I bet for most couples the only date night…