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Re-Invest In Your Common Ground

It’s not uncommon for couples that have been married for several years to drift away from the common interests that they shared to begin with. It’s important to keep what’s important to the two of you from fading into the background as they get caught up in the day-to-day living and rat race of obligations, responsibilities and commitments. Don’t Forget You Have a Responsibility to Each Other Rekindling your interest in each other can begin with rediscovering those common interests that brought you together in the first place. Here are some tips to helping you and your spouse rediscover those … Continue reading →

Marriage Fitness: 10 Ways to Greater Intimacy In Your Marriage

Friday is a good day for lists and it’s a good day to talk about building the intimacy between you and your spouse. Theoretically, every relationship has levels of intimacy. The intimacy you share with friends is going to be less than the intimacy you share with really good friends and different from the intimacy you have with your family and finally your spouse. Each relationship is different and the levels of trust, confidence and communication are all different. Creating a greater sense of intimacy between you and your spouse opens channels of communication and helps to heal injuries before … Continue reading →

Marriage Fitness: Tuning Up Your Marriage

Marriage fitness is the goal of most marriages and it’s about strengthening the bonds of your relationship. Like your physical fitness, marriage fitness requires workouts and regular practice to keep it in shape. For example, when you and your spouse are having problems, internal or external or both; it can be more than problematic – it can actually inhibit your ability to work through your problems effectively. Problem Resolution When you tune up your marriage, you are looking for ways to resolve your problems positively before those problems even happen. For example, if you walk regularly you are strengthening your … Continue reading →

What is Marriage Fitness?

Have you heard of Mort Fertel? Maybe you’ve seen his banner ads or received an email promoting his Marriage Fitness program? No? I did and because I am curious by nature, I wanted to check out. You can visit his website for yourself and check out what he has to offer. Who is Mort Fertel? According to his about me, Mort Fertel is a world authority on the psychology of relationships and has an international reputation for helping people renew their marriage. In addition to working with couples, he teaches individuals how to single-handedly transform their marital situation. Currently, Fertel … Continue reading →

Marriage Fitness Exercise

I have often said that writing is like any other exercise you perform, with practice and repetition, you can improve your skills, endurance and hone your talents. Marriage is a similar task and needs similar exercises in order to keep it fit, trim and enduring. Marriage exercises shouldn’t be as tough as doing weight lifting, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be times when you really need to pump some iron to get to where you want to be. So today’s marriage fitness exercise is about communicating. We’ve talked about using ‘I’ statements rather than ‘you’ statements. Today’s exercise will … Continue reading →