We all make mistakes, yet we all want to do the best we can to create a long and happy marriage. Being aware of the biggest and most destructive pitfalls and blunders you may make in marriage can help you make them less often, and train you in a new way of thinking and handling…
Read moreYour Marriage and the Celebrity Curse
The singer, Jewel, announced on her personal blog today that she and her husband of six years, Ty Murray, are divorcing. The couple has been together for 16 years, and they have one son, three-year-old Kase. I guess I should not have been surprised, but I was, and I read her words with sadness and…
Read more31 Nice Things to do For Your Spouse to Let Your Love Shine
[caption id="attachment_1099" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo Credit: lonelypluto911"][/caption] Winter months come romantically packaged with loving cuddles near a warm fire, hand-holding during a sweet movie, and celebrating a day set aside simply for recognizing love. But the winter is over and so are the easy-to-do and easy-to-see ways of keeping connected to our spouses. It is…
Read moreDo You Know His Love Language?
Love is love, right? When someone loves you, they should just know how to show it… right? Well, apparently that is not always the case, says Gary Chapmen, author of The Five Love Languages. And with the amount of strain, pain, and dissolution of marriage these days, I would have to agree. A husband and…
Read moreThe Good News About Divorce
[caption id="attachment_1080" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Photo Credit: someecards.com"][/caption] Yes, you read the title correctly. We have all heard that 50% of marriages end in divorce, so how can there be good news? It is good news because that is not the actual divorce rate, and never has been! Many people have made the decision to never…
Read moreThe One Shopping Tip That Can Save Your Marriage
Did you know that how long you hold an item in a store may be able to determine if you buy it or not? One study has revealed that the longer you hold something while shopping, the greater your desire to own it.* The more we desire it, the more likely we are to purchase…
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