Enrichment Tip: Speak Out

Having a healthy relationship takes work. No relationship among two people is without conflict. While some mates handle their differences better than others, relationship enrichment can be positive for all couples. Enriching your marriage and strengthening your bond with your mate does not necessarily take a complete make-over. If you consider yourself to be in a fairly good and healthy relationship, then there are simple measures that you can take to enhance the connection that you and your partner share. If you feel that your relationship is struggling and in need of much work, the tips in my next few … Continue reading

Husbands: Do You Have a Can Do Attitude?

We talked about wives nurturing their husbands and today, we’re going to talk to husbands about their attitude. A husband’s attitude can go a long way towards maintaining peace and harmony in the home. It’s important to recognize that many husbands head out of the house to work and are likely gone from 10 to 12 hours a day. As a wife who works from home, the time that my husband is home is precious to me and it can be a source of frustration when those work hours are extended by heading out with co-workers (team building days that … Continue reading

Fight for Your Marriage

Do you know how to fight for your marriage? Did you know you needed to fight for your marriage? It may sound odd to use the terms ‘fight’ in conjunction with a positive influence on your marriage relationship, but it’s really important to understand that you need to fight for your marriage, every day and in every way. Fighting for Marriage When I say that you are fighting for your marriage, I don’t mean fighting with your spouse – I mean fighting all the distractions, the doubts, the troubles and the problems that can get in the way of your … Continue reading

Relationship Tips: They Are So Not Worth It

I want to take a break a bit from the marriage conversation, but only in the sense that we develop relationships before we marry. Those relationships can be short-term or long-term and not always will they result in marriage. It’s a sad fact in our society, that many of us spend a long time looking for love and as the song says, looking in all the wrong places. Why Do We Hook Up With the Wrong People? The most likely answer to this question is a case of poor self-esteem. I’ve seen it happen time and again with people that … Continue reading

Relationship Dynamics: 5 Tips on Compromise

Married life requires compromise, whether you learn it from the get go or you achieve it after years of butting heads – compromise is something we all eventually have to discover. Compromise without resentment is the ideal, of course and it comes with its own benefits and those benefits are numerous. There are many ways to compromise without resentment and the following 5 tips will help you discover compromise in your own marriage: Always talk, even when you disagree, don’t shut down those lines of communication because that’s where resentment builds Take a step back when you need to, you … Continue reading