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March 2023

March 09, 2023

How Kind Are You?

We teach our children to be kind to others. We remind a struggling friend to...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Should Men Hold the Door? (Or Lift the Suitcase?)

Last year I was on an airplane, struggling to lift my heavy suitcase into the...

February 21, 2023

More Money Won’t Help Your Marriage – But These Habits Will

“If we just had more money it would change everything . . .” That thought...

February 14, 2023

Turn up the Heat this Valentine’s Day (and Every Day) with Better…Conversation?

The good news: if you can talk about sex, you’re more likely to be happy...

February 09, 2023

What Hollywood Gets Wrong about Sex– and What Couples Can Do Right

After three years of research for our brand-new book, Secrets of Sex & Marriage, coauthored...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

This One Action Can Create a Competent and Confident Dad (Part 2)

New dads: Based on these recent findings, you can view early fatherhood as a crucial...

January 24, 2023

This One Action Can Create a Competent and Confident Dad (Part 1)

So the overall implication is clear for all the fathers out there: the more you...

January 17, 2023

Top Marriage Advice for Newlyweds (and Everyone Else) About Conflict – Part 2

These two articles (see Part 1, here) are new entries in our series to equip...

January 10, 2023

Top Marriage Advice for Newlyweds (and Everyone Else) About Conflict – Part 1

Perhaps now more than ever before, this secret is vital to creating a great relationship....

January 03, 2023

Don’t Should On Yourself

The temptation is to “should” on yourself – to beat yourself up. (“I can’t believe...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

The Top Ten Blog Posts from 2022

What a year! After a wild and unprecedented (!!) 2020 and 2021, I finally feel...

December 20, 2022

Two Simple Steps to Transform Christmas Get-Togethers

From shopping, cooking, wrapping, and year-end work projects, we all have enough to do this...

December 15, 2022

Shining Our Light For All To See

Joy can be found even when there’s a lump in our throat. Let’s look for...

December 08, 2022

Three Keys for Keeping Holiday Stress at Bay

There are three little truths we’ve seen in the research that are worth keeping an...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

A Devotional Story Update and Tribute

A few years ago, I wrote a devotional book called Find Peace. In Day 9,...

November 22, 2022

Two Steps to Improving Your Emotional Health This Thanksgiving

Here’s why it matters for thankfulness: In a broken world, we have to train ourselves...

November 17, 2022

National Adoption Month and How to Love Adoptive Families Well

God is doing a powerful work in adoptive families as they work to help kids...

November 10, 2022

A Challenge for Churches, Friends, and Women in the Workplace

Women who work full-time and/or demanding jobs are starved for fellowship with other Christian women....

November 03, 2022

Do you need to let go of control in your marriage?

As God has opened my eyes to the ugliness of my controlling, disrespectful behavior, more...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

The Benefits Of Not Getting Married Just To Get Married

I decided to inquire of those who indeed had spent years feeling that Mr. or...

October 20, 2022

NO, I DON’T HAVE A MICROPHONE IN YOUR HOUSE

It always makes me laugh. Multiple times a year, someone will come up to me...

October 11, 2022

Finding Hope in a Breast Cancer Journey – PART 2

This journey has grown my faith, Jeff's faith, and no doubt the faith of our...

October 06, 2022

Finding Hope in a Breast Cancer Journey – PART 1

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – something I take much more seriously than I...

September 2022

September 27, 2022

Are You Lonelier Than You Think?

Not long ago, Jeff and I were presenting our latest research to the annual convention...

September 20, 2022

Need Rest? Finding It May Look Different for Men and Women

Did you know that finding rest may look different for men and women? Even after...

September 13, 2022

A Surprising Way to Encourage Your Kids’ Faith

Some time back, I met a mother and daughter at a conference where I was...

September 08, 2022

The Big Blind Spot That Is Messing With Your Relationships

Nearly all of us value kindness. We try to be kind to others. We teach...

August 2022

August 30, 2022

When Knee-Jerk Reactions Cause Money Tension In Marriage

We’ve all been there. The plane ticket for your weekend getaway costs more than you...

August 23, 2022

A Tale of Two Men—And What It Means for You

This weekend, I saw a great example of a dynamic that I believe impacts a...

August 18, 2022

Why does my man try to carry all the groceries in at once?

Our man is longing for us to trust him—and we usually do, in theory! Yet...