love watching the series “Army Wives” on the Lifetime channel.  It almost accurately describes what it’s like to be a woman either with a loved one in the military or serving herself.  It also shows the trials, pain, and suffering these…
Read more

The biggest myth about marriage is that it takes a lot of work if you want things to work out well. This is just not true; if you have the kind of marriage that most everyone wants, than the things…
Read more

Everyone likes to know that they look good. When you look good you feel good and it can be very good for your confidence. However when you focus too much on you, you lose focus on other things like your…
Read more

So you found Mr. Right. Unfortunately, he was once married to Mrs. Wrong. She still creates mayhem at every opportunity, and they have children together, which adds a whole new set of issues into the mix. Welcome to the world…
Read more

A lot of people focus on their own appearance.  Sometimes they do this for their partner, yet at times it can have the opposite effect and drive away their partner.  The following are ways in which this could happen. Their…
Read more

People get married for different reasons. It is for these reasons that a marriage can continue without the couple being in love or end at its early stages. Marriages based on finances will exist for as long as money is…
Read more

Okay ladies, put down your lattes and your Palms, your laundry baskets and play date schedules.  Men, drop your Blackberrys and laptops, your meetings, and bromance obligations.  Let’s pick up a pen and notepad and learn how to make time…
Read more

I often remind couples when they are going through problems in their marriage that before they can save their marriage from divorce they need to work on saving themselves. In other words they need personal healing and restoration. In utter…
Read more

I’m going to be the best wife ever! How many young and dreamy eyed teenage girls or young brides have uttered those words out loud or secretly thought them? I know I have thought it and said it a few…
Read more

Jealousy can have detrimental effects on your marriage. In order to prevent the worst from happening, it is necessary to learn to identify some basic warning signs. That way, you will be able to formulate an action plan which can…
Read more

It can be difficult to schedule a regular date night when you have kids, however it can be done.  The following tips can help you accomplish the seemingly impossible.  Pick a night that will be good for both of you…
Read more

There are some pitfalls that can make it more difficult to have a successful marriage.  The following are some such hazards. Not communicating Many people would say that communication is the key to marriage, thus it is important to have…
Read more

Men work.  Women clean, cook, raise the kids, and do the shopping…right?  WRONG.  Many women of today work just as hard as any man since the dawn of time has worked.  They have meetings, demanding bosses, crazy clients and that…
Read more

Sometimes, because people are so inside of their relationships, they can’t see them for what they truly are; for example, sometimes people can’t tell if the person they see every day still loves them because they see them every day….
Read more

Even a relationship that starts with the best of intentions can turn into a boring one. Without the proper attention, a relationship can easily lose all passion, all the excitement that made adrenaline rushing through the veins in the beginning…
Read more

It happens gradually over the many years of parenting. Your children have inadvertently taken over the central position in your lives. You no longer see yourselves as lovers, but as Mom and Dad. You have forgotten to pursue the interests…
Read more

Some marriages seemingly have been built in very solid, healthy foundation. Those married couples seem to communicate so well and look so happy together, that others are jealous of them. Are those marriages made in heaven or is there a…
Read more