Do you find yourself worrying about divorce in your marriage? Are you concerned about all of the couples around you that you see ending up divorced? Do you ever look at your spouse or your marriage and worry that you are heading down the same terrible path? Divorce is a terrible thing and though it […]
Do you feel like you fight about money constantly? If there is one issue that causes upset in your relationship, does it center around money issues? Do you wish that you could just figure out a winning strategy and make these fights a thing of the past? If that sounds like you, you're not alone. […]
If there's anything all those country love songs lament about, it's cheating. It's practically a cliché - country song, cheating... cheating... well you get the picture. With the sheer number of cheating songs out there, one could develop the suspicion that maybe cheating does happen more often than we think. Based on statistics, up to […]
I get a lot of mail from customers, looking for advice about marriage and telling me about their broken marriages and the destructive things their spouses have done to them. Yet despite all the pain and hurt, it's just not that simple to switch off those feelings of love. We don't always choose who we […]
Ideally, solving any conflict between your spouse is a simple process. All you have to do is point out the problem, take turns listening to each other and come up with a solution or compromise. Easy, right? But you know from experience that arguing with your spouse is never a straightforward exercise in communication. In […]
With divorces on the rise in many countries worldwide, there are more and more families consisting of children from previous relationships or marriages. Regular families can be complicated enough; blended and stepfamilies can even be trickier. As the children involved are going through changes that are different from biological families, they’ll face delicate situations that […]
Many parents in this day and age find themselves juggling responsibilities like their kids, finances, careers and many other things in between. Given the current state the economy is in, married couples are all the more driven to put their time and energy into providing a better life for their families. It’s an all-too common […]
You were led to believe that once you got the ring on their finger the rest would be happy ever after. But despite the very obvious fact you are married, what if it still doesn't feel right? What if your spouse's heart just hasn't made that commitment yet? There are several reasons your spouse may […]
Keeping your relationship healthy takes a lot of work. But referring to it as "work" sure takes the fun out of being married, doesn't it? That's the thing that couples unconsciously do amidst the business of keeping their marriages afloat. You became a couple to enjoy each other's company, and when the responsibilities of married life […]
As we’ve talked about in the past, being “in love” is the passionate feelings of infatuation that couples experience during the early years of their marriage. However, these intense emotions are meant to wane over the months and years. As your relationship evolves, there will be periods of conflict with your spouse characterized by emotional […]