Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on how spending some time apart can actually help strengthen your marriage. And no, we don’t mean a period of separation, we just mean regularly pursuing your own hobbies, interests and friendships, outside of your spouse. If you’re just joining us now, please […]
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Time Apart From Your Spouse Can Help You Avoid Divorce! (Part 1)
Balance is critical. Just like in cooking, where the right amount of acid and salt compliments the sweetness in a dish (or ruins it if you add too much or too little!), a couple must balance their “togetherness” and their “separateness” in order to achieve a healthy relationship. And yet so many couples seem […]
Threats of Divorce During Fights: Empty Threat or Serious Warning?
Everybody argues. There is no such thing as a perfect marriage, or a relationship without problems, but the way you handle your disagreements makes a big difference. And dropping the “D-bomb” during a fight can be very detrimental to your relationship. Why? Because threatening divorce when you don’t mean it can have a devastating […]
Get Married? Or Live Together? Which One is Better in Michigan? (Part 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on the merits of living together rather than getting married. In the previous article we looked at what research has to say about ‘break up’ rates as opposed to divorce rates, and how children may be affected by their parents living together but […]
Get Married? Or Live Together? Which One is Better in Michigan? (Part 1)
We live in a time when marriage is slowly falling out of favor. People are getting married later and later in life (or not at all) and having fewer kids later in life (or none at all) At one point within our parents lifetimes people who didn’t marry in their early twenties and start […]
Luggage or Baggage? What Have You “Packed” For Your Marriage? (Part 2)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about the differences between luggage and baggage, as metaphors for what you bring into your marriage. Refresher course: luggage would be good listening skills, kindness, patience and respect, while ‘baggage’ is a rotten temper, meanness, being overly critical, and nagging. As we pointed out in the previous article, […]
Luggage or Baggage? What Have You “Packed” For Your Marriage? (Part 1)
Some people will tell you that the difference between luggage and baggage is a cultural one – the British take luggage on their holidays, while Americans on vacation collect their bags at the baggage claim. And they’d be right. But for this article we’re addressing a more metaphorical type of carry-on – the kind […]
Fight The Good Fight. Because a Bad Fight Can Ruin Your Marriage! (Part Three)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us as we wrap up this series on fighting the right way. As we’ve pointed out so far, what you say (and how you say it) makes a big difference. So we’d like to wrap up these suggestions with the last few we believe are important. Here you […]
Fight The Good Fight. Because a Bad Fight Can Ruin Your Marriage! (Part Two)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. As we explained in the previous article, fighting is a relatively normal part of life for couples. The catch isn’t learning how not to fight, it’s learning how to fight in a way that strengthens your relationship and resolves problems. So picking up where we left […]
Fight The Good Fight. Because a Bad Fight Can Ruin Your Marriage! (Part One)
Wait , what? Fight the good fight? Yes, that’s right – the good fight. And by that we don’t mean do more charity work or spread random acts of kindness (although those are always a good idea!) What we’re talking about is literally “good” fighting – fighting in a way that resolves conflict, strengthens […]
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