Is your marriage stalled? Do you find yourself facing the same issues over and over? Would you like to see your marriage grow and prosper? Take the Marriage and Growth Challenge. Your strength areas have the most agreement and positive aspects. Your growth areas have the most disagreement and need for improvement. Communication – Do...
Unfaithful Partners , A Snapshot – Miami Marriage Counselor
Unfaithful Partners – A Snapshot Infidelity: When, Where Why (2010), the Demographic Yearbook of the United Nations, reported that in the 1990’s 93% of women and 92% of men married by age forty-nine. In the United States today experts project that 85% to 90% of women and men will marry. Monogamy is the norm for most...
Can a marriage recover from a cheating spouse?
Can Marriage Recover from a Cheating Spouse? In The Trauma and Mental Health Report titled Love Is War: Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder, the term PISD or Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder is defined as a parallel disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because they both share the stress and emotional turmoil that is re-experienced through flashbacks, painful memories...
10 Habits for a Happy Marriage
Ashley Davis Bush and Daniel Arthur Bush share 10 habits for a happy marriage from their book, 75 Habits for a Happy Marriage, in this World of Psychology article. Love consists of three components: connection, communication and intimacy. Connection means feeling close, sharing and caring. Marriage therapy will focus some on building a connection between...
Forgiveness in Relationships and Marriages
Wrongs, perceived wrongs, done to us can become painful memories that just don’t go away. Mistakenly, we think we can get rid of these painful memories by giving pain back measure-for-measure. Some call this retribution. We are wrong. Pains received and pains given are all rocks in our backpack of memories. We carry them around...
Column: 10 things wives need from husbands
Several years ago Colleen Sonderman, wife of No Regrets conference founder Steve Sonderman, gave a presentation on the top 10 things wives need from their husbands. These are not in priority order. 1. Listen to her with eye contact and engagement. Communicate in a safe place and remember, you don’t have to fix her problems....