Time and time again, we come back around to this essential piece of healthy and happy relationships: communication. Being able to effectively communicate with your spouse is the cornerstone of good marriage, but what exactly does that mean? You can know that communicating is important, but still not quite know how to pull it off… […]
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What Exactly Is Healthy Communication?
The Hidden Ways Your Weight Can Affect Your Marriage
It’s no secret that many Americans have a weight problem. I’m not pointing any fingers here, but the data doesn’t lie – the CDC reports that 35.7% of American adults are “obese.” And while there are plenty of health concerns related to weight (type 2 diabetes, heart disease, etc.), it can also have a serious […]
A Little Scare Can Spice Things Up
Fear and excitement are two terms we give to one very similar emotion. When we expect a negative outcome, we often call the emotion fear, and when we expect a positive outcome, we call it excitement. Both are marked with an “electric” feeling, a sense of anticipation, and probably some stomach butterflies – but why […]
Watch a Movie and Help Your Marriage
Movie dates are an enjoyable way for couples to spend time together, especially if it’s at home where you can snuggle up. The downside of using movies as dates is that, well, if you want to actually watch the movie, you aren’t doing much interacting with each other. But what if watching movies could have […]
Easy Things You Might Not Be Doing to Help Your Marriage – Part 2
Today, we’re picking up with a few more simple (but often overlooked) ways to keep your marriage happy and healthy. These tips don’t cost a dime, but are so valuable for maintaining – and improving – the quality of your relationship. Incorporate these tips into your daily life, and stick with them long enough to […]
Easy Things You Might Not Be Doing to Help Your Marriage – Part 1
For all the complicated things that can happen in marriages, for all of the complex problems we may face, the ins and outs of everyone’s unique personality, the different facets of every single relationship… Part of maintaining a healthy marriage is actually quite simple. Over the course of the next two posts, we’re going to […]
He Had An Affair and Isn’t Willing to Work On us
Affairs are one of the most devastating things that can happen in a marriage. It’s a breach of trust that can be extremely difficult to recover from, and even if a couple decides to stick it out after one of them has cheated, it’s a long road to resolving the problems that lead to the […]
A Top Clue Your Marriage is Safe
It’s easy to worry… Sometimes we fixate on a problem or a particular interaction, and our minds let it spiral into imagining the worst-case scenario. Other times, we go so focused on one problem, we fail to see all of the good things around us… In marriages, this can have fairly disastrous results. Fixating on […]
Good Friends Can Make or Break a Marriage
The two major types or relationship we have, outside of blood relations, are friends and romantic partners – and while they might seem like two separate categories altogether, they are more closely connected than you might think. Even if you don’t realize their influence, the relationships (or sometimes, lack thereof) you have with your friends […]
What It Means When Your Husband’s Hypercritical
It’s pretty safe to say that when is someone is being critical and impatient with you, it’s easy to notice. You can hear it in their voice, see it in their body language, and even if they aren’t being totally direct about it, it’s not too hard to sense when someone just seems irritated by […]