Living With a Passive-Aggressive Man
Staying Clear, Calm and Connected “He really makes me angry,” Kate said to me during a recent counseling session. She had been preparing to ask her husband to join…
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Third Days’ Mac Powell
We sat down with Mac Powell, front man for the multi-Platinum rock band, Third Day. Long known as Christian music’s premier live band, Third Day has played for audiences reaching…
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Decide to Build a Love That Lasts
All great relationships start when people choose to trust God…
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Emotional Abuse
Emotional Abuse Through Words Words can be powerful tools or powerful weapons. The weapon of choice for emotional abusers is often verbal. They use their words to control, to wound,…
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Husband Bashing
Don’t Join in on the Husband-Bashing You can imagine the scene. Maybe you’ve been a part of the scene. Between three and ten women sitting in a living room, restaurant,…
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Emotional Absence
What’s the Problem? If your husband is emotionally distant despite your best efforts to help him to engage with you, don’t automatically assume that he doesn’t feel emotions. That is…
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Before You Marry
Are We Making Progress? We see people regularly make three mistakes when it comes to defining relationships. The first is they don’t define them. They feel their way through relationships…
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Getting Your Husband to Talk to You
Why Men Don’t Talk To begin addressing and resolving this seemingly impossible impasse, we must understand why men don’t talk. We offer here what we believe are seven of the…
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Date Night Tips
Too many couples settle for mediocrity in their marriage, when they would never settle for second best in other areas of their lives, says marriage and family expert Jim Burns.…
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Breaking the Complaining Trap
I argued with a client today at The Marriage Recovery Center. Betsy, a forty-two year old mother of three, had come for a two day Personal Intensive, hoping she could…
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