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March 2026

March 15, 2026

8 Signs Your Partner Is Totally Wrong For You

Unfortunately, it’s easy to overlook someone’s faults in the early stage of a relationship. Infatuation...

October 2025

October 24, 2025

4 Ways to Create a Healthy Romantic Relationship

I hear over and over from women who email or meet with me: "Why can’t...

July 2025

July 07, 2025

6 Ways To Get Ready For Commitment or Marriage

Over the last fifty years, there has been a quiet shift in the landscape of...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

How Do I Take a Chance on Love the Second Time Around?

Dear Terry, I’ve been married once, and it wasn’t even quite a full year of...

April 2024

April 21, 2024

How to Learn from Your Past and Make Healthy Choices in Love

Dear Terry, I’m in a relationship with a man who doesn’t respect me and treats...

August 2023

August 20, 2023

6 Tips to Overcoming Fear of Commitment

A national survey found that 84% of women and 82% of men in the US...

July 2023

July 22, 2023

5 Ways to Make Small Gestures Count in Your Marriage

Elena, 48, and Jason, 52, have been married fifteen years and came to counseling to...

September 2022

September 25, 2022

Falling in Love Can be Easy but Staying in Love is Real Work

Bailey, 36, and Kevin, 40, sat on my couch for their couples counseling session and...

March 2022

March 20, 2022

5 Ways to Improve Communication, Love, and Intimacy in Your Marriage

Teresa and Carl, both in their late-forties, met at work a year after Teresa's divorce....

February 2022

February 12, 2022

5 Ways to Show Love to Your Partner on Valentine’s Day

Victoria, 36, and Thomas, 37, had been attending counseling sessions for over six months and...

August 2021

August 07, 2021

Sometimes the Small Things Make a Big Difference in Marriage

When couples come to my office for counseling, one of the most common complaints they...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Long-Distance Love and The COVID-19 Pandemic

In a recently-released article by Anggun Bawinur for The Good Men Project’s website, the writer...

November 2020

November 07, 2020

How To Let Go of the Past and Trust Your Own Judgment in Relationships

Do you ever wonder if you’ll get out from under the shadow of your divorce...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

7 Ways to Avoid Partners Who Are Wrong for You

Many people who are in toxic relationships ask themselves “Why do I fall for partners...

December 2019

December 18, 2019

How to Nurture Emotional and Sexual Intimacy and Fall in Love Again

Many couples like Marcia, 42, and Joshua, 43, are feeling stuck in a loveless marriage...

June 2019

June 05, 2019

How to Survive a Long-distance Relationship

With the appearance and frequency of online and app-based dating increasing, young couples are increasingly...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

How to Give Up Looking for a Sole Mate and Find Lasting Love

For the most part, if your expectations are for an effortless relationship, you might be...

May 15, 2019

5 Reasons Staying Single Is a Good Idea

Many people feel pressured to get married and end up tying the knot for the...

May 02, 2019

3 Steps to Achieve a Healthy and Balanced Relationship

I hear over and over from women who email or meet with me: "Why can’t...

April 2019

April 13, 2019

5 Questions to Ask Potential Marriage Partners

Unfortunately, many of us marry without obtaining critical information about our partners. For instance, we...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

6 Tips to Overcoming Fear of Commitment

A recent survey found that 84% of women and 82% of men in the US...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

6 Ways to Make Small Gestures Count in Your Relationship

If you think it will take grand gestures to show your spouse how much you...

November 2018

November 09, 2018

4 Steps to Achieving Interdependence and Intimacy With Your Partner

For a relationship to be balanced, partners must be able to depend on one another...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

5 Common Unrealistic Expectations About Marriage

Most of us enter into marriage with one or more unrealistic expectations that can predispose...

October 02, 2018

Opposites Attract But Can They Stay Together?

From the time I started dating at age sixteen, I’ve often found myself attracted to...

September 2018

September 20, 2018

How Do I Take a Chance on Love the Second Time Around?

Dear Terry, I’ve been married once, and we were not even married quite a full...

September 04, 2018

8 Ways to Forgive Your Ex-Partner and Move On

Over the last decade, I’ve talked to a lot of friends and clients who have...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

7 Ways to Break Free of People Pleasing

While being a “People Pleaser” has given me a sense of satisfaction at times, the outcome is...