What is SYMBIS?
Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts Tom and Laura came to see us just nine months after their wedding. They had swallowed the happily-ever-after myth whole and were now feeling…
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Brokenness to Healing: Life After Divorce
I call the last three years of my marriage the dark years, as I struggled simply to function amid the chaos and turmoil that had entered my home. Our covenant…
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Surviving the Collisions of Conflict
Unresolved conflicts in marriage are not like car crashes. Obviously, right? What I mean is that in a car crash there is one moment when you contact another car or…
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What Are the Five Love Languages?
5 Ways to Express Love Every married person I know would like to live with a happy spouse. When we got married, we intended to make each other happy, and…
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4 Ways You Can Fight Porn Addiction Today
Recovering from porn addiction or breaking any habitual struggle can feel a lot like crash dieting. There are wall-to-wall resources telling you to do this, that and definitely not that…
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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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Why Sexual Intimacy Is so Important for Newlyweds
Getting married is an exciting time. If you want to strengthen your marriage for years to come, start by giving special attention to your sex life. As newlyweds, you probably…
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Communication Goals: God, Spouse, Friends
I can be so all-or-nothing with prayer. I think I have to be in full monastic mode or praying for hours on end to do it “right,” and that makes…
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Don’t Lose Your Temper, Find it!
One of the biggest enemies to a happy marriage is anger. Ask most people if they have an anger issue and they will say no, but if you ask them…
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Three Lies Women Struggling with Porn Believe
The Lies of Pornography Women face all kinds of deception in our society. The lies we believe are rampant. We believe we’re too fat, too thin, carbs are the enemy,…
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