Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 6

The Case For Staying Married What is your attitude towards marriage? Do you think of it more as a “ball and chain” or an exciting adventure? For some, marriage is about restriction and loss of personal independence. But to others, it’s about freedom and experiencing new realms of happiness, joy and pleasure. It’s all about [...]



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Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 5

For the past few weeks we’ve discussed common myths and assumptions about divorce. Two popular ones are that divorce is a pathway to greater happiness, and that it is better for the children. It’s tragic that these myths, and others, have taken on a life of their own. But what’s even more tragic is that [...]



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Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 4

Another Myth About Divorce That Won’t Die Sometime you will hear marriage professionals claim that it’s healthier for the children if mom and dad ended the marriage instead of keeping them in close proximity to an unhappy and loveless relationship. Well, in my opinion, they are promoting a harmful myth that encourages spouses to make [...]



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Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 3: The Emotional Costs Of Divorce

A common marital myth that many unhappy couples fall prey to today is that divorce is a pathway from misery to happiness. Studies suggest otherwise. In fact, according to a report by a team of family scholars at the University of Chicago, it was discovered that unhappily married adults who divorced or separated were no [...]



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Stop Your Divorce And Save Your Marriage Part 2

IS MARRIAGE LEGALLY PROTECTED? According to the Bible, marriage is a covenant – a sacred promise. But according to the laws of the United States, marriage is a contract. In fact, the marriage “contract” is one of the easiest to break because the legal system has made the divorce process relatively easy. So when an [...]



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Eight Steps To Start Saving (Or Growing) Your Marriage Today

What is the condition of your marriage? How healthy is your relationship with your spouse? If things stay the same in your marriage, where will your relationship be in 3, 5 or 10 years? Will you still be together? Will you be happy, or struggling to maintain a weakening, fading relationship? Marriage problems are rising [...]



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Marriage Help for Long-Distance Lovers

MARRIAGE IN TODAY’S WORLD Life in today’s world doesn’t mean that you and your spouse will be together 24/7. In fact, during the past several years some spouses have taken jobs in other states, and sometimes even in other countries, just to provide for their families. What do you do when facing a long distance [...]



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Be The Change You Want Your Marriage To Be With The Three C’s

Would you like to improve your marriage? Ever secretly wish you could change your husband or wife? Do you really want a better relationship in 2013? Then BE the change you want your marriage to be by practicing The Three C’s Here are the Big Three that happily married couples practice to maintain a healthy [...]



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When Your Spouse Has Had An Affair…

What do you do and how do you respond when you learn that your spouse has cheated on you? Is there hope for your marriage to be saved? Can your relationship be restored? As long as a husband and wife want to save their marriage after one or both of them has had an affair, [...]



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Why Powerful Men Cheat (and Why They Think They Can Get Away With It)

News outlets are ablaze with the story of David Letterman’s recent tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. The interview (scheduled to air January 7th) centers on the Late-Night host’s recent scandal – the public admission of several affairs with various female staff members, including assistant Stephanie Birkitt. The affairs resulted in a blackmail plot by a [...]



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Save/Strengthen Your Marriage With A Weekly Date Night

Every husband and wife need a weekly date night to have a thriving relationship. I know you have heard this before, but are you doing it? How many date nights with your spouse are on your calendar for January and February? I bet for most couples the only date night on their calendars in the [...]



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6 Marriage Questions To End The Year With

What direction is your marriage headed? If nothing changes, where will your marriage be this time next year? Many marriages fail because the husband and wife wait too long to get the help that they need. And their relationship can only endure so much pressure of hurt feelings, resentment and anger before breaking. So to [...]



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The 8 Best Gifts You Can Give Your Spouse This Christmas

It’s December 21, 2012 and the world hasn’t ended, which is a good thing because who among us couldn’t use a little more time to finish our Christmas shopping? We’ve all heard so much talk about the Mayan calendar and the world ending. But the Mayans weren’t predicting the end of world. To them, December [...]



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Is An Online Relationship Cheating – Yes Or No?

How would you feel about your husband or wife spending a great deal of time in an online relationship with someone else? Is it cheating? I suppose the safest answer is, “it depends.” If you and your spouse each have many friends of both genders with whom you spend a lot of time staying in [...]



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Finding Marriage Help When Coping With Terminal Illness

This is the first time we’ve discussed this on the blog. It’s a painful topic…and a tragic reality of life that some couples have to face, unfortunately. We never know on our wedding day what the future holds. We hope and work for the best. But sometimes we get the worst news of our life: [...]



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