5 secrets Perhaps it was an accident or perhaps it was a series of “God-incidences”. But, somehow we figured out 5 simple secrets for having an amazing marriage — EVERY DAY. To have a stressful minute is a rarity. These are the 5 secrets in reverse order of importance: 5. Lots of variety Make sure… Continue reading This Is How to Have an Amazing Marriage
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Commitment, a Secret to Simplifying & Enriching Your Marriage
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Conflict: Repair What Hurts
Conflict in Marriage Isn’t Failure — It’s Normal Every couple, even those who love each other deeply, have disagreements. Saying something hurtful sometimes doesn’t mean the relationship is broken — it means you’re human. What matters most is how couples fix the conflict. Why Conflict Happens People in a marriage can say or… Continue reading Conflict: Repair What Hurts
Empathy, Using It to Create a Beautiful Marriage
Vicariously experience what is happening Understanding how empathy fits into a marriage can profoundly increase your quality of life. Here’s the Dictionary.com‘s definition of Empathy — the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives a better understanding of the word. It says we experience the feelings vicariously without… Continue reading Empathy, Using It to Create a Beautiful Marriage
Time, Budget It Well to Create a Beautiful Marriage
My wife NEEDS my time My wife seems to love being with me. So, I give her lots of time. It does not have to be “quality” time; it’s just time together. However, I have other things to do rather than being with her all the time. I often have to explain her what I… Continue reading Time, Budget It Well to Create a Beautiful Marriage
Forgiving, a Secret for Improving Your Marriage
Lots of forgiving If you’ve read the very first 3 or 4 posts in this blog, you may be assuming that my wife & I had a near-perfect marriage from the beginning. Not so. We married as two people with slightly different value systems and different mindsets. Forgiving one another for offences played a huge… Continue reading Forgiving, a Secret for Improving Your Marriage
Romantic Spouse to Renew the Spark in Your Marriage
What does romantic mean? I once overheard my wife tell her hair stylist that I was the most romantic man in our city. While that may be an exaggeration, I do know lots about the topic. At one point in my married life I decided that I was not romantic enough. I decided that romantic… Continue reading Romantic Spouse to Renew the Spark in Your Marriage
Love Languages, Communicating with All 5 of Them
Swahili won’t work What if I was speaking to my wife in Swahili all the time & she doesn’t understand it? We’d have communication problems. In the same way we have communication problems if we don’t use the right love languages. Less than mediocre Don said that he & his wife Joanne had a marriage… Continue reading Love Languages, Communicating with All 5 of Them
Intimate, an Important Adjective to Describe Each Spouse
3 biggest problems If you have a problem with being intimate, consider this: A social worker once told me that people having huge problems in marriage are having problems with Money Sex or Communication. So, it follows that it is best to figure out how to solve those problems including the sex one. An intimate… Continue reading Intimate, an Important Adjective to Describe Each Spouse
