Building and Maintaining Your Marital Friendship

Wouldn’t it be great to marry your best friend? In a world that’s mired with divorce, affairs and couples choosing to stay together ‘for the kids’ sake’, is it possible to turn things around? Can we — starting with you and your...

Raising Emotionally Aware Children

Remember the old admonishment, “Do what I say, not what I do.”  This was the family motto in our home!  Perhaps your parents said this to you at one time and, conceivably, you have even heard yourself say it to your children. I heard it often...

Increasing Intimacy In Your Marriage

How To Build A Better Relationship With Your Spouse Marriage is a lifelong partnership, but as the years go by you might find yourself feeling more and more distant. As you get comfortable with your spouse, it is easy to start to feel like you do not need to put in as...

How to Build a Strong, Committed Relationship with your Partner

Commitment is one of the most important parts of any relationship. It can also be one of the most challenging. To ensure that both you and your partner stay committee in your relationship, keep these tips in mind. Create a self-statement. A self-statement is a...

Simple Ways to Improve Marital Communication

Being married means that you have a partner for everything in life. However, with all the stress of everyday life, it can be easy to feel rushed or too pressured to properly invest time and energy in your marital relationship. Communication problems are one of the...