Marriage is hard. It just is. Sometimes life gets so busy and we lose track of the last time we actually sat down and had a focused conversation. As a wife, and the one that the littles call Mommy, I am unfortunately guilty of putting my marriage on the backburner and...
Why create couples routines in your marriage? I know what you might be thinking, creating couples routines don’t sound quite so exciting. You might be right, but it’s an important part of your relationship to create a good, healthy, and strong marriage. We tend to...
Sometimes, you just need an intimacy challenge. As a former marriage therapist, I have seen so many clients over the years that show up in my office due to a lack of physical and emotional intimacy in their marriage. They usually wouldn’t write that on their...
Learning how to take this time-out for couples is a necessary skill to talk about BEFORE the conflict happens. When my emotions escalate during a conflict between my husband and I (GASP!)… Yes, I admit it. There is an occasional disagreement in my household. There is...
Blended families are tough. I have had the pleasure of working with various couples for more than a decade, and many of them were involving blended family struggles. Their kids were a combination of theirs, mine, and ours and as I listened intently to the couple...
25 Marriage Tips for Christian Couples Last year, my husband and I celebrated 25 years of marriage together. We went all out for it too. By that I mean we went to Olive Garden for dinner. No, I’m kidding. I couldn’t resist. Back to my point. We got married...