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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 about...

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...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Highly Happy Marriages Secret #6: Reasonable Expectations

Author note: This is one of a series giving a sneak peek into what I...

May 12, 2016

3 Things to Do When Your Kid Rolls Her Eyes at You

Not that this ever happens. But every now and then our kids (girls and boys)...

May 03, 2016

Two great ways to boost your son’s self-esteem

Many boys these days go through challenging times that are not of their making, and...

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 22, 2016

Secret #10 of Highly Happy Marriages: Look Higher

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

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 25, 2016

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

Author Shaunti Feldhahn talks about Secret #6 to a highly happy marriage. The happiest spouses...

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 16, 2016

POLL and RESULTS: What do you think about Kardashian’s nude selfie?

Earlier, I wrote a piece about how this culture is seriously messed up when it...

March 16, 2016

A sincere plea from someone who doesn’t want to see Kardashian’s nude selfie but isn’t a “slut shamer”

In today's culture, you are either a "slut shamer" or "celebrating a woman's body" through...

March 15, 2016

3 Lies You Can’t Let Your Son Believe About Himself

As both a social researcher who has interviewed and surveyed thousands of boys and a...

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...