4 Steps to Building Trust after the Affair

After the affair, you likely contemplated many things: Will you stay? Is there enough love to move forward? Can you accept that life together may forever be thought of in terms of “before and after?” How in the world can you trust again? At...

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How Husbands and Wives can Keep Family Business Conflicts Away From Home

Business conflicts can make your work life stressful. But family business conflicts can make your whole life miserable if you’re not careful. Do you have a plan to keep your marriage safe? To keep family business conflicts in their proper realm, intentionality...

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Online Dating May Lead to Successful Marriages — Why?

If you’re single and haven’t tried an online dating option, you may find that you’re in the minority. But first things first: I am not really talking about online dating, but online introduction services. Many people engage in long-term...

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Family Arguments: 5 Ways Your Body Language Keeps the Fight Going

Tense family arguments become inflamed altercations when just the right facial expression pushes conflict to higher levels. There is nothing like your sister’s rolling eyes to make you feel disrespected. Your partner’s shoulder shrug has an infuriating way of dismissing your...

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Dating Again? Will It be Love or Limerence?

Gina is nervous about being back in the dating game. She wants love but she’s not sure if she’d recognize it if she saw it. In fact, she’s worried she’ll get ahead of herself and read love where only limerence, or...

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Date Night: 5 Ways to Make It Happen for Married Couples

As you rush out the door every morning and drop into bed at night, you know it’s time to reconnect. Do you miss each other? Do you miss real conversations and uninterrupted evenings to laugh and relax? When did it...

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Couples Therapy for One: Can Jill, Without Jack, Get Relationship Help

You think you need relationship help. In fact, you’re pretty sure of it. So you asked your partner to find time in her schedule for couples counseling. She didn’t agree. What can you do? Are you simply supposed to continue on, the...

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Four Ways Your Marriage can Survive Adultery

Adultery was never what you wanted. You never imagined the flood of realization, betrayal, and devastation that would threaten to sweep everything away.  Now you’re treading water. The rupture in your relationship is real. Do you get back on board with your...

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