Marriage Help For Happy & Unhappy Marriages

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Married Life

When Blended Family Relationships Compete and Conflict

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Gary Chapman and Ron Deal

Blended family relationships naturally create loyalty conflicts—or maybe we could call them love conflicts. “Am I still loved? Who do you love more—your spouse/kids or me? Your old life or…

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Bible Verses for Marriage

How Racial Trauma Affects Marriages

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Sheila Wise Rowe

By the time Theo and Grace reached the end of their third year of marriage, it was clear they were in trouble. There was something deeper going on beneath their…

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Bible Verses for Marriage

Are you in a Consumer Marriage?

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Rodney and Michelle Gage

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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Bible Verses for Marriage

5 Things Your Husband Wants to Hear You Say

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Tatyana Claytor

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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Married Life

5 Things Your Wife Wants to Hear You Say

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Matt Jacobson

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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Bible Verses for Marriage

How I Learned to Trust After Attachment Trauma

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Aundi Kolber

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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Bible Verses for Marriage

When Mental Illness Lives in Your Home

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Anne Peterson

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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Married Life

We All Need a Little Help: Why Marital Counseling Is a Great Idea

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Dorothy Greco

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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Bible Verses for Marriage

Using the Enneagram to Improve Your Marriage

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Beth and Jeff McCord

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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Married Life

20 Ways to Show Love to Your Wife Or Husband

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Matt and Lisa Jacobson

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…