June 2009
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The Anatomy of a Positive Family Dinner Time →
Healthy family communication is extremely important in your day-to-day routines, but it typically takes last place in most homes. Whether it is your and your spouse’s busy schedule, the hustle-bustle activities of the kids, or the ever-present TV distraction, mealtimes are rarely together as a family and typically fall to the “get ‘er done” syndrome. Healthy family communication is the inevitable...
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Can Sex Truly Save Your Marriage? →
Although couples seeking marriage help frequently mention the lack of sex as a source of unhappiness, few people really understand the strong psychological effect frequent sex has in a marriage. It can be the antidote to the poisons in your relationship and one of the best ways you and your spouse can rekindle a level of intimacy that hearkens back to the beginning of your journey together.
Yet,...
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From Marital Infidelity to a Happy Solution →
If you have ever dealt with infidelity in your relationship, you know that approaching a cheating wife or cheating husband and trying to get to the heart of the matter is never easy. The question of “What led to this?” is faced by many men and women. The feelings of violation and mistrust make the situation seem hopeless. Somewhere between feeling hurt and angry there is a hope that somehow you...
May 2009
10 posts
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How to Start Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity →
Trying to rebuild trust in your marriage after an affair can be a difficult process. Regardless of whether you are the cheating wife or cheating husband, or the spouse who was cheated on, infidelity causes you deep emotional issues.
Finding out that your spouse has had or is having an affair often creates feelings of helplessness, vulnerability and uncertainty about who to trust or where to go...
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Learn to Practice the Art of Listening to Benefit... →
When encountering conflict in marriage, many of us often overlook a skill necessary for relationship help: listening. Listening is the first step to securing and maintaining open communication with your spouse. Really listening can set you in the right direction toward a new beginning. Try these three tips to aid in resolving marriage conflict through being a better listener.
Avoid distractions.
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Rejuvenate Your Sex Life to Help Your Marriage →
If you were to poll the majority of married couples regarding their sex life, the most common concern or obstacle would be time. Time is a rare commodity in married life when you consider how busy Americans generally are. Between school, work, children, taking care of a home and simply trying to balance a hectic routine, sex in marriage tends to fall to the bottom of the list.
In all...
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Strengthen Your Crisis Marriage to a Loving... →
Many people believe that loving marriages just happen. But should you ask a “happily married couple,” they’ll tell you it’s the result of a lot of learning and understanding. Among the many things that loving marriages have in common, is the ability of the spouses to effectively communicate with each other. We find that in marriages where both spouses are free to express their thoughts and...
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Avoiding Divorce: Three Tips for the Real World →
You were both resplendent on your wedding day. All sparkling eyes and hearts full of joy, you bound yourselves to each other forever. So now — months, years, or decades later — why does it feel like your marriage is hanging by a thread? Things are looking hopeless, and divorce might seem like a viable option. In short, you have a major marriage crisis on your hands. Don’t give up! You can still...
April 2009
12 posts
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How a Fresh Start can Save a Marriage from... →
Don’t you wish that getting marriage help would be as simple as turning back time? How easy would life be if you could turn back the dial on your relationship to simpler times? Back to a time when the idea of a marriage separation never crossed your mind? A time when just being apart for the day was difficult enough and enjoying your spouse’s company was far easier.. Even though we don’t have a...
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Stunning Equine Photography by Bev Pettit →
Excuse me while I put my art reviewer hat on…There, it’s on now. Also, please excuse the fancy speak you’re about to hear.
I have a background in art and photography. Some of my formative years were spent working for galleries specializing in western art. Let’s just say there’s a soft spot in my gut for the genre. I wouldn’t consider myself an art critic but more of an art appreciator. However,...
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A Strong Marriage Keeps a Family Strong →
Your family life essentially reflects the health and strength of your marriage, and vice versa. Having a home that fosters mutual respect and family communication is key not only to strengthening your bond and trust with your children, but between you and your spouse as well. By your actions, you become the model of how to communicate openly in a marital relationship.
Even in the most talkative...
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How Should I Respond If I See Signs of Cheating? →
Whether it is a cheating husband or a cheating wife, an affair is equally damaging to the psyche of a relationship and the emotional state of each spouse. Having your trust ripped out from beneath you is only the tip of the iceberg. The feeling of shock is just as disengaging as the guilt, anger and resentment. A marriage crisis is even more difficult to cope with when you come to realize that the...
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How a Marriage Seminar Can Save Your Relationship →
There is no magical formula to fixing an ailing marriage. No magic prescription, secret handshakes or voodoo that can replace the impact of learning to communicate properly and understand each other’s unique marital needs. And no marriage can grow and move beyond its challenges without both spouses learning how to respect and love each other and their relationship. Sometimes, all the talking and...
March 2009
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Disagreement in Marriage: Is it Really Worth the... →
Alright, you fight sometimes. Everyone does. Disagreement is a part of life. When it comes to conflict in marriage, many couples often find themselves frustrated with constant bickering that inevitably leads to a marriage crisis. While some disagreements are necessary steps to reaching an agreement, sometimes we can become so intent on being right that we forget what is worth fighting for and what...
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Emotional and Virtual Infidelity →
Saving a marriage is a daunting task with countless problems combining into one frustrating situation. But when a marriage crisis involves a cheating wife or a cheating husband, it is especially difficult to find the right frame of mind in which to seek relationship help. If you are in this situation, it’s time to stop getting lost in the confusion of blame, anger, and shame. It is time for a call...
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Measuring a Divorce’s Impact on Children - How to... →
Divorce is an especially rough experience for children. They have to deal with the conflicting emotions of feeling stuck between two warring parents and their own unfulfilled emotional needs. Also, children have to cope with the feelings that they are losing their family and not knowing where to turn for answers. A marriage crisis doesn’t just have implications for the adults.
When you and your...
Tactile illusions 1: The Aristotle illusion →
We kick off our special series on ways to fool your sense of touch with a classic: all you need is two fingers and your nose
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Sex and Marriage: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself →
Marriage problems often arise from sexual issues between a husband and wife. Even in most good relationships, couples deal with sex-related marriage issues from time to time. Unfortunately, most of us find these issues difficult to admit and talk about. Instead, we tend to deny or hide them until the issues grow into a marriage crisis. The irony in our denial and hiding is that mutually satisfying...
