Starting a conversation
Perhaps you are having trouble getting conversations started with your spouse. Maybe you're avoiding certain topics. Maybe you or your spouse isn't ...
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Communicating without talking
Unspoken communication—a raised eyebrow, a folding of the arms across the chest, a hand on the shoulder, an email—can be at least as powerful as ...
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6 Ways to Make Your Marriage Happy
Our closest friends flanked the concrete steps of our church as we made our way to the waiting car adorned with the obligatory "Just ...
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To know and be known
In a counselling session with Jeremy and Rachel, one would blame the other, and the other would fire right back. This particular match was about ...
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Four Types of Communication
In her memoire, You're Better Than Me, comedian Bonnie McFarlane writes that when her husband made her super angry, she gave him the "silent ...
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Foreplay Redefined
Sex begins in the kitchen. Dr. Kevin Leman Every couple knows that sexual intimacy, celebrated regularly and passionately, is vital to any healthy ...
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Sexual intimacy and sexual trauma in marriage
Q. If sex is an indispensable part of a healthy marital relationship – and most of the material I've read says that it is – what does this imply ...
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Just discovered that spouse has had an affair
Q. I've just discovered that my spouse has been cheating on me. As you can imagine, I was devastated when I first learned of his infidelity, and I ...
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Things to consider before you separate
Q. Would you advise separation for married couples who feel that they've come to the end of their rope? For years our marriage has been plagued by ...
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3 Keys to a Stronger Family
Family is where your heart is....... What do you think when you hear the word "family''? Family can envisage many different experiences and ...
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Extramarital Affairs: Can there be a second chance?
Though difficult, recovery is still within reach Most couples enter marriage with intention of savouring long-lasting marital bliss. Nobody expects ...
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Why isn’t marriage the way I thought it would be?
In this series: 1. When Expectations Meet Reality Why Isn't Marriage the Way I Thought It Would Be? 3. Why Isn't My Wife the Person I Thought She ...
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