What to Throw Overboard When Your Marriage Is In Trouble

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

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When you’re facing a marriage crisis and you’re fighting to keep your relationship afloat, it’s time to throw anything that isn’t helping you overboard. You need all your wits about you to be able to handle the crisis and tackle the problems. Anything that’s an impediment or hindrance has to go. (more…)

The Danger of Taking Your Marriage for Granted

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

By Nancy Wasson

Quick, what is the most common attitude a spouse can have that leads a marriage down the path to breakup? If you said taking the partner for granted, you’d be right. Is this an issue in your marriage? (more…)

What Is the Number One Attitude That Indicates Your Marriage Is In Trouble?

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Did you know that a trained observer could watch you and your spouse interact for several minutes and then predict with high accuracy whether your marriage will survive or not? Does that sound unbelievable?

In his bestselling book Blink, author Malcolm Gladwell writes about psychologist John Gottman’s research on what attitudes increase the chances that a marriage will end in divorce. (more…)

The Importance of Friendship in Marriage

Friday, February 29th, 2008

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 asunder. (more…)

Get Him in the Mood - Review

Thursday, February 28th, 2008


Is there any help for a woman whose marriage is suffering from lack of intimacy in the bedroom? Stated a little differently, a woman in a sexless marriage.Keep reading for the answer…

A sexless marriage is one of the most difficult marital problems to overcome. A sexless marriage doesn’t usually happen overnight, but creeps up slowly on you until one day you realize the painful truth.
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What Makes a Spouse Vulnerable to an Affair?

Monday, February 4th, 2008

forbidden affairDo you ever worry about your spouse becoming involved in an affair? Have you wondered what makes a spouse easy prey for someone else who’s looking for an excuse to stray?

If so, then you have plenty of company. Given all the news stories and movies about cheating spouses, you’d have to be an ostrich with your head buried in the sand not to at least occasionally consider the possibility. (more…)

Is Your Spouse A Control Freak?

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Are you the partner of a control freak?

Is he or she a controlling personality who likes to get their own way and ignores your own personal feelings?

Maybe you are not too sure about it and need a little help to decide. So here’s few questions you need to ask yourself to help you find out if you are in the powerful grip of a control freak… (more…)

How to Find Out if Your Spouse is a Chat Room Cheat

Sunday, December 9th, 2007


Have you ever felt like spying on your spouse’s computer because you suspect they are involved in online cheating with someone in the internet chat rooms? It might not be morally right to do so, but some people have only found out about their partner’s online cheating when it is too late.
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3 Keys To Transform Your Marriage

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

keys to change a marriageRecognizing you have a marriage problem is the first step along the road to transforming your marriage, and for most couples simply acknowledging there is a problem shatters the marriage myth. According to love stories, movies, and fairytales we are supposed to live ‘happily ever after’. But what happens when Snow White develops a drinking problem? What happens when Robin Hood’s long working hours start affecting his marriage to Maid Marian? What happens when Cinderella says she has ‘fallen out of love’? (more…)

Seven Tips for a Good Marriage

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

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. (more…)

How to have good communication within a marriage

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

We don’t need the services of a psychologist to tell us that the best marriages are those that are based on good communication. Yet, we rarely try to mend our ways. We carry on along our paths, hoping that somehow everything will fall into place.

At times, it does – thanks to the efforts of our partners. But mostly it does not. We allow the fault lines to deepen and reach a stage where they can no longer be bridged. (more…)

Co-dependent marriages are not healthy

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

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 apart. (more…)

When is it time to throw in the towel in a bad marriage?

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Look, I have to level with you. I have a strong bias toward maintaining 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 line. There are real reasons for ending a marriage. (more…)

How You can put Romance back in your Sexless Marriage

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

How can you put the romance back in your sexless relationship? Well, there are two ways to put the romance back in your relationship. One way is to move back, and the other is to ahead. (more…)

Sexless Marriages:When Men Stop Having Sex With Their Wives

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Sexless marriages are one of the most painful causes of divorce. A lack of sexual intimacy in a marriage is a common reason for a marriage to fail and finding a solution isn’t easy. (more…)