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2017-03-07T16:22:31-04:00

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

Last updated on: March 7, 2017 at 4:22 pm By Shaunti Feldhahn

There’s a very short scene in the 2015 live-action Cinderella movie that secretly touches the heart of almost every woman, and gives every guy a roadmap to doing the same with his wife. Read more

2016-04-22T07:09:27-04:00

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Secret #10 of Highly Happy Marriages: Look Higher

Last updated on: April 22, 2016 at 7:09 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Marriages aren’t made or broken through dramatic gestures. It’s the small, everyday actions and choices that determine success and happiness. Learn more about what the happiest couples do in The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages. In Secret #10 to a highly happy marriage, the happiest spouses I researched don’t look to marriage for ultimate happiness. Secret #10 of Highly Happy Marriages: Look Higher from Shaunti Feldhahn on Vimeo. Wish Shaunti could speak at an event in your area? You... Read more

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2016-04-15T07:33:04-04:00

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

Last updated on: April 15, 2016 at 7:33 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Marriages aren’t made or broken through dramatic gestures. It’s the small, everyday actions and choices that determine success and happiness. Learn more about what the happiest couples do in The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages. In Secret #9 to a highly happy marriage, the happiest spouses I researched don’t always tell the brutal truth. Secret #9 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Don’t Tell it Like It Is from Shaunti Feldhahn on Vimeo. Wish Shaunti could speak at an event... Read more

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2016-04-11T11:49:45-04:00

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

Last updated on: April 11, 2016 at 11:49 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

A woman came up to me after a talk about gender differences and asked, “My husband and I were watching that new Tom Hanks movie, Bridge of Spies, and near the end I looked over and my husband was crying! I mean, it’s great that Tom Hanks saved the day, but why on earth would that make my husband cry?” Read more

2016-04-08T09:53:36-04:00

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Secret #8 of Highly Happy Marriages: Hang Out

Last updated on: April 8, 2016 at 9:53 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Marriages aren’t made or broken through dramatic gestures. It’s the small, everyday actions and choices that determine success and happiness. Learn more about what the happiest couples do in The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages. In Secret #8 to a highly happy marriage, a big part of the reason highly happy marrieds are so happy is that they are spending time together. Secret #8 of Highly Happy Marriages: Hang Out from Shaunti Feldhahn on Vimeo. Wish Shaunti could speak... Read more

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2016-04-05T10:15:22-04:00

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4 Ways To Keep Your Temper When You Want to Blow

Last updated on: April 5, 2016 at 10:15 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

While doing some research for my next book, I realized something important: when we are angry, most of us handle it wrong! Here are four ways to keep ourselves from (forgive the Marvel reference) turning into a big green rage monster when we otherwise would really want to! 1. In advance, realize: “venting” only makes things worse! Most of us have bought into the idea that letting a little steam out of the kettle now prevents it from exploding... Read more

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2016-04-01T09:53:48-04:00

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

Last updated on: April 1, 2016 at 9:53 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Marriages aren’t made or broken through dramatic gestures. It’s the small, everyday actions and choices that determine success and happiness. Learn more about what the happiest couples do in The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages. In Secret #7 to a highly happy marriage, the happiest spouses I researched identified a secret signal or language to reconnect after having an argument. Secret #6 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Have Factual Fantasies from Shaunti Feldhahn on Vimeo. Wish Shaunti could speak... Read more

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2016-03-31T13:04:35-04:00

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

Last updated on: March 31, 2016 at 1:04 pm By Shaunti Feldhahn

Men: Want to make your wife insanely happy? Try this one phrase. The man sidled up to me at one of our recent marriage conferences, and was clearly trying to ask a question before his wife noticed. “So I say ‘I love you’ a lot,” he explained in a low voice, “But it seems to sort of bounce off. It’s like she discounts whether that is really true because it is such a common phrase. Is there one thing I... Read more

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2016-03-31T13:16:59-04:00

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

Last updated on: March 31, 2016 at 1:16 pm By Shaunti Feldhahn

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2016-03-22T13:26:58-04:00

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Secret #6 to a Highly Happy Marriage: Have Factual Fantasies

Last updated on: March 22, 2016 at 1:26 pm By Shaunti Feldhahn

Author Shaunti Feldhahn talks about Secret #6 to a highly happy marriage. The happiest spouses she researched recognize when their expectations are pure fantasy and stop themselves from thinking things like, "If he/she really love me, he/she would …" Instead they shift to being grateful for the ways their pluses are uniquely wired, and the ways they can and do meet their needs well. Read more

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