How Can We Solve Our Problems? Attitude Is Key
Family life is full of differences of opinion. For example, you want your child to wear the blue pants; she is set on wearing the purple pants. Your spouse believes…
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How Our Perceptions Affect Conflict in Marriage
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, stated this during an interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey: “Fear, anger, and despair are born on the grounds…
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9 Marriage Troublemakers you Need to Avoid
I feel bad for marital communication, because it gets blamed for everything. For generations, in survey after survey, couples have rated marital communication as the number-one problem in marriage. It’s…
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Breaking Up with Our TV
My husband and I have struggled against the awkward presence of a third party in our marriage. It’s not the conventional last-standing single friend, out-of-town cousin, or even naggy in-law.…
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Got Grace?
After years of working with marriages, including my own, I’ve come to a conclusion: Marriages that struggle often lack one key ingredient. It’s something that, when missing from any relationship,…
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The Art of Marriage Maintenance
The bottom line for my marriage is that God has called my wife, Cheryl, and me to invest in the lives of other people. We know we can’t continue to…
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The Hunger Game
I have long believed there are certain aspects of being a woman that are inherently not fair. Like the fact men don’t get cellulite on their thighs yet wear swimsuit…
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A Win-Win Marriage Strategy
Why Do Couples Resist a Win-Win Goal? A win-win outcome both in business and in marriage is the ideal. No one would argue that point. Some feel that trying to…
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Compromising vs. Settling
I know a lot of guys and girls who have settled in their relationships. They were afraid nothing else was coming. They got comfortable. They found out details about their…
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