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October 2015

October 14, 2015

4 Things You CANNOT Expect Your Spouse to Do for You

When we marry, we come to the table with a lot of expectations; some are...

October 09, 2015

Taming the Ticking Time Bomb: How NOT to Yell at Your Kids

Do you ever feel like you are a ticking time bomb with your kids some...

October 08, 2015

The BEST KEPT SECRET to take your marriage from GOOD to GREAT

Do you have a good marriage, but you really want to make it GREAT? There's...

October 06, 2015

3 Ways to Take Your Marriage to the Next Level

Do you feel like your marriage is stuck in a rut, but you have no...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

The 5 Boundaries Every Marriage Needs

We encounter boundaries every single day of our lives: stop signs, red lights, medicine dosage,...

September 22, 2015

3 Ways to Get Your Husband TALKING

Communication is KEY when it comes to having a thriving marriage. However, many couples find...

September 15, 2015

5 Things MARRIED WOMEN Need to Stop Doing

Recently, my husband, Dave, wrote a wildly popular blog post, "9 Things Married Men Need to...

September 10, 2015

4 THOUGHTS that Harm Your Marriage

Self-talk is something that we all do. You might be thinking to yourself, "That's crazy....

September 04, 2015

4 Things Worth Fighting for in Your Marriage

Over the past year, my husband, Dave, and I have shared a lot about how to...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

3 Parent Hacks to Get Some Mommy-Daddy “Alone Time”

When you have kids, time seems to always be an issue. There is simply not...

August 25, 2015

5 things your ANXIOUS SPOUSE wants you to know

We often use the terms "anxious" and "anxiety" to describe our nervousness or apprehension about...

August 19, 2015

Matt Damon’s brilliant advice for a LASTING MARRIAGE

In a recent ET Online interview, Matt Damon was asked how his longtime friend, Ben Affleck,...

August 18, 2015

3 Big Triggers that Drive a Mom Crazy

I used to think that my kids were just extra hard, and that's why I...

August 11, 2015

What’s the SOUNDTRACK of your marriage?

When I was driving the other day, I turned on the radio and heard Peter...

August 06, 2015

5 Signs That We Are Too Critical Of Our Spouse and How To Turn It Around

When we first meet our spouse and eventually get engaged, all we can think about...

August 04, 2015

4 Things to Consider When You Feel Like Separating

Some couples consider marital separation to be healthy step in striving to save their marriage...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

The Most Common Mistake Women Make In Marriage

Have you ever found yourself arguing with your spouse in your head, yet no words...

July 16, 2015

5 things to do when your spouse wants to “get healthy” but you want to eat pizza

Throughout our marriage, my weight and healthy lifestyle have fluctuated a bit. Whether I was...

July 09, 2015

5 LESSONS We Can Learn from CELEBRITY DIVORCES

Why is it that so many celebrity marriages seem to end in divorce? Just...

July 07, 2015

Why Getting Caught is a GOOD Thing

When I was a young girl, I remember getting caught almost every time I was...

July 06, 2015

The #1 Need in Most Families Today

Do you ever feel like you are running on fumes...like the stale fumes from your...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

3 Signs that You are Caught in the “Zombie Marriage” Trap

Zombies. They are EVERYWHERE. As a nation, we are zombie-OBSESSED...and not just on Halloween. These...

June 23, 2015

Should we argue in front of our kids?

A few months ago, a friend of mine was telling me about her experience as...

June 09, 2015

To the mom or dad who feels like a failure today…

You blew it today. You lost your temper...more than once. You raised your voice. Okay,...

June 04, 2015

Can COMPLAINING to each other really make a MARRIAGE LAST?

This morning, on Today, I watched a segment exploring one key to the longevity of...

June 02, 2015

My husband doesn’t complete me, and I will tell you why.

Many of us are familiar with the iconic line "You complete me" from the famous...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

5 Words that Could Change Your Life Forever

I recently watched Meredith Vieira interview a young widow with four children. This woman had...

May 18, 2015

5 Cool Things Today’s Kids will probably NEVER Understand

As I was cleaning out our attic recently, I came across an enormous box full...

May 09, 2015

For Those Who Dread Mother’s Day

Tomorrow is Mother's Day...a happy day for many and an extremely sad day for some....

May 09, 2015

4 BIG DOs and DON’Ts When Arguing With Your Spouse

Let's be real...even the happiest married couples have arguments. And, sometimes, it can get ugly....