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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Kim Walker-Smith & Skyler Smith of Jesus Culture
It happens all the time. A young woman and a young man meet, fall in love, get married and settle into a brand new life only to discover that ‘home,’…
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Surviving an Affair
Spouses who have not experienced an affair firsthand are usually very trusting. They don’t believe that infidelity could ever infect their marriage. I often hear, “My spouse could never be…
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Get Naked: 6 Compelling Ways To Improve Your Relationship With Your Spouse
Good. Bad. Indifferent. Loving. Critical. Close. Distant. What comes to mind when you hear the word spouse? Think about it: every year on birthdays, anniversaries, and special holidays, we find…
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Help! I Married an Introvert
She’s classical. I’m rock ‘n’ roll. She’s patient. I’m impulsive. She’s soft-spoken while I can’t stop talking. She’s practical—loves the details. I’m visionary—love the big picture. She loves filling our…
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The Ex Factor
Have you ever heard the story about the newlywed husband who invited his ex-girlfriend over when his wife was out? It’s a funny story. Or at least it is now,…
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