There are a lot of things you can do in a half-hour. Wash your car. Bake a cake. Get a pedicure. Watch a sitcom. Go for a run.
But those 30 minutes a week could also go to an important cause: re-energizing your marriage. Life coaching is becoming a popular method for couples to proactively improve their marriages. If you're unsure of what life coaching is, or how it could enhance your marriage, keep reading.
How can you make the coming year a great year for you and your family? One of Charles Shultz’s “Peanuts” cartoons offers a clue.
Most couples start out their marriage with passion. Yet for most, time seems to erode away slowly but surely the affection, tenderness, and sensitivity.
Some marriage counselors advise couples to accept the loss of romantic love as inevitable: Enjoy romantic love while it lasts, but don't expect it to continue. When you lose that loving feeling just rise to a higher form of passionless love.
But Roy and I have found that couples don't have to accept the loss of romantic love as inevitable. Instead, they can rekindle the romantic feelings of love when they understand the dynamics of romantic love.
The differences between man as male and woman as female were intended to usher in many special blessings. Unfortunately, because of the fall, the blessings of the sexes became the battle between the sexes. The unique qualities with which God endowed each, now give rise to misunderstanding and conflict rather than completion and harmony. But here's how you can turn your differences into opportunities.
It is vital that we think biblically and act deliberately regarding the rearing of our children. Those God-given arrows are indeed too precious to waste. Behold, children are a gift of the Lord... Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them... Psalm 127:3-4
Family as we know it today is close to the midnight hour. It’s time for us as Christians to take a stand for the true meaning of marriage- the one that is rooted in the Bible, in history, in tradition, and in nature.
Saving Marriages One Couple At Time
If you find yourself talking to yourself, it may not mean you're going crazy, but it could be the makings of a better marriage.
Each of us holds an ongoing internal dialogue, which shapes our attitude, actions and our outlook. While these thoughts are rarely noticed, they continually influence the quality of our lives.
Can a marriage be "too far gone." Read this couple's story and see.
How to walk the tightrope without falling out of love or work.
