Are you in a Consumer Marriage?
There are two kinds of relationships: consumer relationships and committed relationships. The two are miles apart. Most of the connections we have are the consumer type. The question we inherently…
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5 Things Your Husband Wants to Hear You Say
Words (kind or unkind) have a tremendous impact on the emotional temperature of our marriages. Speaking words of affirmation toward my husband did not come naturally to me. Such phrases…
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5 Things Your Wife Wants to Hear You Say
Words (kind or unkind) have a tremendous impact on the emotional temperature of our marriages. Your wife wants to know what you think, but she especially wants to know what…
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How I Learned to Trust After Attachment Trauma
After a childhood peppered with relational and attachment trauma, I survived—barely. I’d only begun to understand how early experiences shaped me. In the span of six months after graduating from…
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When Mental Illness Lives in Your Home
Mike wasn’t doing well. On days like this, I would step lightly, careful not to break any of the eggshells beneath my feet. It didn’t matter. Our conversation quickly went…
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We All Need a Little Help: Why Marital Counseling Is a Great Idea
Every marriage needs a little help from time to time. Maybe it’s when the kids are little and you lose touch with each other. Maybe it’s when a health crisis…
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Using the Enneagram to Improve Your Marriage
Jeff and I have been married for twenty-four years, and we have two grown kids. If asked, I would quickly respond that we are happily married. But before you think…
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20 Ways to Show Love to Your Wife Or Husband
Many of us are familiar with the 5 Love Languages, what we might not know, though, are specific ways to show love. This list will help get your creative juices…
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Finding Hope for Your Marriage After Military Deployment
Sustaining a military marriage is hard work, especially when deployments keep a family separated for prolonged periods of time. The strain is intensified when the serving spouse is injured in…
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10 Creative Ways to Spend Quality Time With Your Spouse
Life together can get busy, stressful, and sometimes just routine. It is not what we intended, or wanted, it just happens. If we drift in our relationship, we will likely…
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