Save Your Marriage Rule #7: Avoid Power Struggles
When I was a boy, I went off to summer camp in the mountains of Virginia. My Mom would tell you I was not ready for summer camp and didn’t like it. She would be, for the most part, correct. Her...
View ArticleSecrets To Save Your Marriage
As you may suspect, after a quarter century of working with couples, I have some opinions on what it takes to save your marriage. In this article, I want to take a look at some of the research and...
View ArticleIs Your Marriage Chronically Stuck and Acutely Painful?: #42 Save Your...
Is your marriage in a chronic state of stuck? Does your relationship suffer from acute periods of pain? Often, those moments of acute pain lead to a chronic state of “stuck.” But that chronic state...
View ArticleAre You Courageously Compassionate? Doing What Needs To Be Done: #49 Save...
When we feel close to someone, compassion is easy. It comes naturally. But when we are hurt or angry, when we feel disconnection from someone, compassion is harder. That is when you have to be...
View ArticleThe Science of Saving Your Marriage: #65 Save Your Marriage Podcast
Sometimes, it all just seems like opinion. Lots of people with lots of opinion on what you should do to save your marriage. But what DOES science tell us about saving your relationship? It turns out,...
View ArticleSeparation: Can It Save Your Marriage (Or Cost You A Marriage)?
You want to save your marriage. Your spouse seems to only want to destroy it. That is a pretty common scenario for people who visit my website. And so, I often have the question asked, “Should we...
View ArticleThe First Thing That MUST Change. . .
“Jack” was dancing around my office: pacing, sitting, jumping up, sitting down, pacing. . . . Jack’s wife just revealed that she did not want to stay married. 22 years of marriage. Gone. Jack was in...
View ArticleTop 10 Myths About Divorce
“For every piece of information,” the writer told me, “about how divorce hurts a child, I can show you research that it doesn’t harm a child.” Admittedly, the writer was a bit biased. He was wanting...
View ArticleSurviving Disconnection
Survival has been the theme for the last few weeks. Not just surviving, but overcoming and thriving. We’ve covered separation, infidelity, conflict, the “Golden Hour,” mistakes, and Empty Nest/Mid...
View ArticleWhen Your Spouse Wants To TALK
“We need to talk,” is the start-up of many conversations with a spouse in marital strife. Those words can strike fear and dread into you. What if things turn south? How do you respond? What do you...
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