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July 2016

July 13, 2016

Will My Man Love Me Even When I Act Unlovable?

Several people have passed along this hilarious GIF – but have also wondered why it...

July 07, 2016

3 Reasons Your Wife Plays Games Instead of Telling You What She Wants

Not long ago, someone we know got engaged via a multi-stage, elaborate proposal that...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Want a Great Marriage? Ask yourself this sneakily important question!

Whether you want to improve a difficult marriage or celebrate a great one, I’ve seen...

June 23, 2016

3 Reasons Your Porn Use Makes Your Wife Feel Awful

Men, in more than a dozen years of research about how guys privately think...

June 08, 2016

3 reasons why you should initiate sex with your husband

Although this article is for women, I’m sure some astonished men are looking in, and...

June 07, 2016

Wives, if your husband ever seems inconsiderate, assume he doesn’t want to be

Ladies, have you ever had one of those moments when you were at the boiling...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Secret #11 of Highly Happy Marriages: Get in Over Their Heads

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

April 26, 2016

Men: This one little movie moment touches your wife’s heart – and shows you how you can, too

There’s a very short scene in the 2015 live-action Cinderella movie that secretly touches the...

April 15, 2016

Secret #9 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Don’t Tell it Like it Is

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

April 11, 2016

Ladies, here’s the surprising reason why your husband cried at that Tom Hanks scene and you didn’t

A woman came up to me after a talk about gender differences and asked, “My...

April 08, 2016

Secret #8 of Highly Happy Marriages: Hang Out

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

April 05, 2016

4 Ways To Keep Your Temper When You Want to Blow

While doing some research for my next book, I realized something important: when we are...

April 01, 2016

Secret #7 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Sign Language to Reconnect

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Want to Make your Wife Insanely Happy? Try this One Phrase

Men: Want to make your wife insanely happy? Try this one phrase. The man sidled...

March 31, 2016

Men: Want to make your wife insanely happy? Try this one phrase.

Men: Want to make your wife insanely happy? Try this one phrase. The man sidled...

March 21, 2016

Four reasons your man says “I don’t need help” – even when he does

Ladies, whether it is refusing to admit he needs to go to the doctor, or...

March 07, 2016

In Honor of My Mother-in-Law (1926 – 2016): Three Reasons They Had 65 Wonderful Years of Marriage

My sweet mother-in-law went to be with Jesus last night. We are grieving, but we...

March 04, 2016

Secret #5 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Boss Your Feelings

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

March 02, 2016

3 Crucial Facts You Really Need To Know About a Man’s Brain

The funniest movie moment I saw last summer comes at the very end of Inside Out, as...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Why not take the test drive? – Part 2 (More on cohabitation, getting engaged, and getting committed)

Last week, I posted an article, "Why not take the test drive? The case against cohabitation,"...

February 15, 2016

Why not take the test drive? The case against cohabitation

I’m a pastor who works with young couples. As you know, most people live together...

February 12, 2016

Secret #4 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Keep Score

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

February 10, 2016

Women: Three phrases to never say to your husband

Ladies, if there were a reality TV show like “What NOT to Wear,” but for...

February 05, 2016

Secret #3 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Go to Bed Mad- Why Sleeping on it Might Be Smarter After All

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

February 04, 2016

Guys: 3 ways to listen well to your wife

Men, finish this sentence. Your wife is upset and says “I don’t want you to...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Men: Four phrases that make you a hero to your wife

Guys, I know from the For Men Only research that you want to make your wife...

January 14, 2016

Secret #1 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Little Is Big

Marriages aren't made or broken through dramatic gestures. It's the small, everyday actions and choices...

December 2015

December 07, 2015

For Women: Five Reasons to Have Sex with the Lights On

Yes, the idea is scary for many women! But in 12 years of researching the...

December 02, 2015

Ladies, do you know how to support your normal, visually-wired husband in this abnormal culture? 4 actions that matter

1. Show him you’re someone he can talk to about it. Regardless of where your man...

December 02, 2015

Ladies, do you know how to support your normal, visually-wired husband in this abnormal culture? 4 actions that matter

1. Show him you’re someone he can talk to about it. Regardless of where your man...