Money problems are one of the main reasons a marriage can get into trouble. It is hard to keep a marriage happy when all you seem to think about is how to pay the bills and keep a roof over your head. Read more »
How to Handle the Financial Problems In Your Marriage
Let’s just say that you and your spouse get along with each other just fine in most areas of your marriage. You have adequate communication skills. You have similar goals and dreams. The two of you have even found the right balance in your married life and personal pursuits. But then a problem arises when [...] Read more »
Finding The Time for Your Marriage
Today, married couples often have schedules that are hectic and chaotic. Many people feel that the day needs an extra ten or twelve hours to squeeze in everything on their to-do list. Whether you are working, keeping the house in shape, driving the kid’s sports event, or cooking dinner, it is hard to find time [...] Read more »
Domestic Violence Situations Within a Marriage
Domestic violence is a term heard frequently in today’s society. Often, when people think of domestic violence they picture a man beating the stuffing out of his wife. Although this situation is an example of domestic violence, it is not the only example of domestic violence in a marriage. Domestic violence in a marriage, of [...] Read more »
Marriage Problems – When Your Spouse Has a Gambling Addiction
Your spouse spends more time at the casinos than at home. Lottery tickets are so abundant you could wallpaper your home with them. A friendly wager on the basketball playoffs has become a problem. Your spouse has a gambling problem. In fact, he or she is addicted. Gambling addictions affect the entire family, not just [...] Read more »
The Danger of Taking Your Marriage for Granted
Is being taken for granted a problem in your marriage? Taking a spouse for granted is a state of marriage that creates deep dissatisfaction. It is human nature to want to be valued, appreciated and nurtured. And when you think about it, these are the essential and fundamental qualities that keep a couple bonded together. [...] Read more »
Recovering From an Affair
An affair is one of the worst things that can happen to a marriage and is often so unexpected that the shock of discovering the affair leaves the previously unsuspecting partner reeling. Putting the marriage back together after an affair is no easy task and it will take time to get over the damaged emotions [...] Read more »
The Importance of Friendship in Marriage
No doubt many experts and marriage counselors will differ in opinion on what makes a good marriage, but true friendship must be one of them. If there is true friendship between husband and wife, the marriage avoids landing on the rocks. Instead, it becomes a rock-hard marriage where no individual or circumstance can put it [...] Read more »
Seven Tips for a Good Marriage
Good marriages are not made in heaven. They are very much made on earth, and between couples who have respect for each other. Without respect, no marriage can survive. If the man has ego, the woman has vanity. The two can’t meet unless each learns to accommodate the other. Read more »
How to have good communication within a marriage
We don’t need the services of a psychologist to tell us that the best marriages are those that are based on respect and good communication. However, some married couples suffer from a lack of communication with each other, thinking that somehow everything will turn out all right, which is unlikely. At times, a couple will [...] Read more »
Co-dependent marriages are not healthy
Co-dependent marriages are the most abusive form of marriages. They are based on need, but are not healthy. Each partner in the marriage tries to take advantage of his or her hold on the other partner. This can often deteriorate into the sort of marriage where the two partners can neither live together nor live [...] Read more »
When is it time to throw in the towel in a bad marriage?
Look, I have to level with you. I have a strong bias toward saving a marriage. I’m not stupid, however. There does come a time when enough is enough. A sex problem can escalate into complete emotional apathy. Physical or emotional abuse can result in apathy, and maybe even enough real threat to cross the [...] Read more »
Save the Marriage Review
Save the Marriage is a highly popular marriage advice ebook which has saved a high percentage of marriages from the pain of separation and divorce.The author, Lee Baucom, Ph.D was trained in traditional marriage counseling methods but one day he concluded that these methods simply didn’t work as well as they should and in fact [...] Read more »
How to Keep Jealousy From Destroying Your Marriage
Jealousy has often been called the “green-eyed monster,” and with good reason. The “monster” is fueled by envy and can over time devour the trust and harmony in a relationship. According to B.C. Forbes, “Jealousy…is a mental cancer.” It spreads quickly and can be fatal to a marriage. Once it gets a foothold, the jealous [...] Read more »
What to Do When Your Spouse Won’t Talk
How to get a spouse’s attention so that he or she will talk with you is an issue that mystifies many couples. Spouses report trying many techniques, such as trying to talk rationally and logically, watching to see when a spouse is in a good mood, and waiting for a time when the television is [...] Read more »