Category Archives: Marriage
The Art of Getting Hubby to Do Half the Work
Trying to get your husband to help more at home? Forget it. Getting him to help you with housework implies that the work belongs to you to begin with. Change the paradigm to determining division of labor in your shared business of running a family. Deciding who does what at home then becomes a subject for cooperative problem-solving.
Sexless Marriage Causes and Cures
A sexless marriage is a vulnerable marriage. Here are some strategies if yours looks to be in jeopardy.
Sexual Intercourse and Talking Together: What’s the Same?
What could sex and talking together possibly have in common? Lots....
Recovery From an Affair: What Both Spouses Need To Heal
Prevention of affairs beats recovery. But after the damage has been done, what makes recovery possible? Can the breach of trust from lying ever heal?
Resisting the 3 Main Temptations that Destroy Marriages
I call them the three A's. Beware, unless you want a divorce, as they are the behaviors most likely to become marriage deal-breakers. You may be more susceptible than you think.
Self-Diagnosing Your Marriage Problems? Beware!
Eric Clapton's famed song suggests "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself." To diagnose and fix problems that come up in your marriage, sit down and look inward instead of pointing fingers at your spouse's errors.
Need Help Coping With a Tough Marriage? A Painful Divorce?
Are coping with a tough marriage, or getting through a divorce, inevitably painful? Here's two factors that can alleviate much of the sting.
On Whom Can I Depend? How Relationships Support Well-Being
"If I should get sick, who would take care of me?" It's a good question—and one that could lead to positive life changes.
Options for the Unhappily Married
Country music group Pistol Annies poignantly sings about how marriage can become a trap. At the same time, the words suggest ways to open the trap and find routes to happiness,
Marriage: 8 Dangerously Wrong Conventional Wisdoms
Mistaken advice about marriage can have potent impacts. Beware especially of these relationship-wreckers.