Posts Tagged ‘making marriage work’
Deciding When To Leave Your Marriage: How To Decide If It’s Time To Stay Or Go
Facing the truth that your marriage is in crisis is hard on everyone. When to leave your marriage is a question that deserves deep contemplation and should not be entered into with a knee-jerk reaction or an “I’m done” declaration. As marriage counselors for over 40 years, we have seen almost every scenario come through…
Read MoreWant to Increase Sexual Motivation and Satisfaction with Your Partner?–Try Expressing More Gratitude
Here Are Some Simple Things to Consider That Will Improve The Sexual Satisfaction In Your Relationship The intensely romantic period of a relationship, what we may call infatuation, typically lasts only 18 months to 3 years. Then the hormones and biochemicals that were activated in the body begin to fade, and partners must adjust to…
Read MoreDealing With Relationship Stress During The Pandemic: Using The 4 C’s Of Couple Power To Help
The reality is that managing relationship stress and maintaining your partnership over time is challenging during normal circumstances. There are few models for accomplishing this feat and many challenges along the way every day, let alone including a pandemic as there is now. Here is where the rubber meets the road! It is understandable to…
Read MoreWhat To Do When You Feel Guilty About Possibly Contracting COVID-19 After Trying So Hard To Stay Well
What If You Have COVID-19 or COVID-like Symptoms? You can hardly turn on any media or go anywhere without worrying about getting the COVID-19 virus or exposing someone you love who may be at high risk. Most of us have to go out or take some risks on a daily basis. You work so hard…
Read MoreWhat Is The Most Powerful Way To Make A Relationship Work, Really!
Power Is Experiencing The Couple As One You may remember the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts? That whole has more power than either of the parts individually .A relationship or a couple is not just two people working together, it is its own entity. A third thing. You,…
Read MoreDo I Need To Be Happy Myself Before I Can Be In A Happy Relationship? Not Necessarily & Here’s Why
Like most people, you may think that happy people make happy relationships. That in order to be happy as a couple, you have to be in a good mental state and happy yourself. Consider that, in fact, the reverse may be true. To be in a fulfilling relationship, you don’t necessarily need to “work on…
Read MoreIs Your Relationship Losing Steam? Here Are Some Easy Ways to Strengthen It Every Day
We have learned over the past few decades that the best way to keep our bodies healthy longer is to exercise regularly. It is the repetitive nature of this sort of practice that pays long term dividends. We are also learning this is true for relationships, especially our couples and our marriages. But what sort…
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