Tag Archives: reconnecting

Is Your Marriage on the Back Burner?

The back burner is a term often used with regard to soap operas for characters that do not play a pivotal role in a current storyline. We may see them, but we don’t spend a lot of time with them. They drift into and out of the canvas of the current storyline with relatively little impact. When your marriage is on the backburner is can be because you are devoting so much time, energy and emotion into your children, family, career or some combination of the above that you unconsciously detach yourself from your spouse. The Parent Trap The parent … Continue reading →

The Rule of Three: Tips to Enhance the Positive in your Relationship

When it comes to marriage, there is often a period of indifference that occurs because you have been together for years and the honeymoon, as they say, is over. Indifference is not as bad as a troubled relationship, however – indifference can lead to a trouble relationship as the two of you seek out other sources of emotional comfort and friendship and turn away from rather than towards each other. If you suspect something like this is happening or if you are just interested in preventing this from happening in your relationship – the following three tips are methods that … Continue reading →

Rebuilding a Broken Trust

One of the hardest things to do in your marriage after lies, broken promises or infidelity invade your relationship is to rebuild your trust. When I was single, I used to wonder why you would want to rebuild trust if it had been so completely disrupted – but marriage is a complex relationship. You can love someone like crazy and get hurt because of something they did and struggle with all your might to repair and rebuild your relationship because loving someone means loving all of them – flaws included. No, it isn’t easy. Repairing your relationship may be one … Continue reading →