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August 2016

August 18, 2016

More2Life Hack: 3 Tips for Staying Close Through Conflict

Today on More2Life radio, we looked at ways husbands and wives can grow closer not...

August 01, 2016

Imagining the Future Helps Couples Resolve Present Arguments More Easily

A new study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that thinking about the...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Just THINKING About Marriage Inspires More Responsibility in Young Adults

Sociologically, we know that marriage, itself, socializes people. For instance, very few violent crimes are...

July 25, 2016

What’s Up With All Those Catholic “Rules” About Marriage?

My latest for OSV Newsweekly... I recently received the following question about the Church’s requirements...

July 20, 2016

Twice As Much Sex Makes Relationships About Half As Good.

Sorry, guys. CARNEGIE MELLON RESEARCHERS FIND MORE SEX DOESN'T LEAD TO INCREASED HAPPINESS By Shilo...

July 13, 2016

Antidepressants for a Bad Marriage Yield Depressing Results.

New research shows that doctors regularly diagnose patients as "depressed" when they complain about marital...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Q&A: WHY DO CATHOLICS HAVE SO MANY STUPID RULES ABOUT MARRIAGE & WEDDINGS?

It's wedding season and the following question popped up on a Facebook thread I participated...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Why Isn’t Married Sex “Hot”? And Should It Be?

At PsychCentral, Dr. Linda Hatch has a thought provoking article that gets at the heart...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

Think Fast!–What Marriage Can Teach Us About Lent (and it’s not what you think!)

Check out this great post by Jacob Popcak of JHP Ministry What pictures come to...

February 08, 2016

Do YOU Have What It Takes? 4 Promises That Lead to a Happier Marriage

Celebrate National Marriage Week with FaithontheCouch as we explore what it takes to live a...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

“Quit Being A Nag!” –Are You Harping? Or Just Seeking Respect.

How do you know when it's OK to keep bringing something up? As a marriage...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

What’s YOUR Catholic Marriage IQ? Take the Quiz!

Do YOU know the truth about the Catholic difference in marriage? One thing that became...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Are Your Relationships “Frozen”? What Disney Can Teach Us About A Common Relationship Problem

There is a terrific article at The Science of Relationships on what Disney's Frozen can...

October 20, 2015

Bad Parenting: Why The Ban Against Communion for Divorced and Remarried Catholics Is Unjust and 3 Ways to Fix It.

In all the debate about what should be done to help those Catholics who have...

October 19, 2015

Sloth at the Synod? OR…Why Cardinal Johnny Can’t (be bothered to) Read

Some years back, Rudolph Flesch wrote a book called, "Why Johnny Can't Read" about the...

October 16, 2015

OUTRAGE! Divorce, Remarriage and Getting Kicked Out of the Catholic Hospital.

I had a conversation with a reporter yesterday from a prominent newspaper about the ongoing...

October 08, 2015

Are You Getting The Help You Need? 5 Ways Seeking Help Can Make Things Worse

Are your attempts to seek help actually making things worse? Earlier today, Simcha Fisher featured...

October 06, 2015

Pphubb You.

Yesterday on More2Life Radio, Bill Donaghy of the Theology of the Body Institute spoke of what...

September 2015

September 03, 2015

Spiritual Infidelity: A Crisis in Catholic Marriage

New study says 83% of Catholic couples are committing 'spiritual infidelity'. Are YOU in a...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

8 Signs of An Emotional Affair

On More2Life Radio, we've been fielding a lot of questions about infidelity, emotional affairs, and...

August 19, 2015

Hackers Post 32 Million Names of Affair Site Users.

Major news agencies are reporting that hackers have fulfilled their promise to release the names...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Men Want MORE Romance–And Other Surprising Relationship Facts

Contrary to conventional wisdom, men really DO value romance in relationships! So much so, in...

July 23, 2015

Promoting NFP Just Means Catholics Don’t Believe in Being Stupid–Period.

<Sigh> The author of this piece (arguing against universal NFP training in marriage prep) is...

July 20, 2015

Major Cheating Websites Hacked–Members Threatened with Exposure

According to KrebsOnSecurity "Large caches of data stolen from [a major] online cheating site [ed....

July 14, 2015

“You Make Me Sick!” The Surprising Ways Your Spouse May Be Undermining (or Helping) Your Health

Researchers consider it a well-establish fact that the quality of our relationships, in general, and...

July 08, 2015

Dr. Strangelove (OR) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Natural Family Planning. (Part III in a Series)

This is the third post in my series titled, The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad...

July 06, 2015

The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Burden of Natural Family Planning (Part 2): Dealing with Frustration Continued

Before you read this, I hope you'll take a moment to read Part 1 in...

July 06, 2015

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Burden of Natural Family Planning–PART 1.

Apparently all the 4th of July fireworks got a lot of couples thinking about the...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Pope Francis on Marriage, “Marital Wounds Hurt Children.”

Pope Francis made some powerful observations about the importance of working to create strong marriages....

June 23, 2015

5 Secrets of Lifelong, Joyful Marriage–Revealed!

My book, The Exceptional Seven Percent: Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples looks at...