Don’t Let Busyness Destroy Your Marriage
Have you ever found yourself rationalizing, “I’m too busy to do something that will build my marriage?” If so, your marriage has fallen prey to the marital monster … Busy R Us … Let’s take some time to see how we can keep this marital monster from devastating our lives . . . Is it any […]
New Year’s Resolutions Committed Couples Should Make
It’s that time of year again … where we all sit down and set those infamous New Year’s Resolutions. We all know the regulars … lose 10 pounds, read one book a week … save 10% of our paycheck. The problem is that these are resolved today … and abandoned by the end of the week. […]
Is Your Marriage Safe
You need to focus on yourself and your spouse if this is going to work. That’s why we designed this as a 3-day program. These intensives are powerful because we take you and your spouse out of your normal environments, so you can truly focus on each other and repairing your marriage without the distractions […]
Do You Believe the Best or Worst in Your Spouse’s Intentions
A couple’s marriage was crumbling; her husband’s heart had morphed to stone. He had dearly loved her for years, but struggled to demonstrate it in the way she recognized. As her insecurity grew, he assumed he could never please her. He stopped trying … and eventually left. In doing an autopsy of her marriage, this […]
A Note for our Single Friends
This spot is for our single listening friends out there … have you ever caught yourself thinking: “I would be much happier if I were married … so hurry up and find someone?” If so … let’s take a minute to think about what God may want you to be learning while you are single […]
Stop the Blame Game
We know when we’re being respected. We know when our spouse is speaking life into our lives and marriages. We also know when we’re feeling disrespected. We know what words and tones are used to hurt, blame, shame, and put us down. We all know this is true — but how do we learn to […]
The Couple that Plays Together Stays Together
Have you ever heard the phrase, “the couple that plays together … stays together?” Well, research tells us that couples who enjoy regular times of fun and relaxation together have a more satisfying, dynamic and fulfilling marriage than those who don’t. So while it maybe true that all work and no play makes Jack a […]
How Affirmation Feeds Your Spouse
Can I ask you a personal question? Do you love to be affirmed, to hear the words: nice job … good work … you look nice … that was a wonderful meal … and just a genuine heart felt “Thank you!”? Truth is we all long to be affirmed! Because those positive words really say, […]
Which do you prefer … criticism or praise
If you said criticism I have the number of a counselor who may be able to help you! Let’s face it most of us want to be built up and recognized for what we do … at our jobs and more importantly … in our homes. Yet, the place where we tend to take each […]
How to Be Heard and Understood
Mark and Debbie Laaser, Christian therapists and authors of Seven Desires … state that all of us have seven deep yearnings … to be heard and understood, to be affirmed, to be blessed , to be safe, to be touched, to be chosen and to be included. They argue that we won’t experience the marriages we are […]