Marriage and Family Blog

What Can You Do If You’re Dissatisfied With Your Marriage?

October 1, 2020

  If you’re dissatisfied with your spouse or your marriage, you’re not alone. As we saw in the last post, it’s not that uncommon. But the big question is, what do you do about it? In this post, we’ll look at what you can do if you’re dissatisfied with your marriage. ARE YOU DOOMED TO […]

If Things Are Getting Heated…

September 3, 2020

Perhaps you’ve been there. You and your spouse are “discussing” something when suddenly you realize things are getting heated and going south. If it goes much further, you’ll hit a point of no return and it won’t end well. This is normal in marriage. It happens to everyone from time to time. But how you […]

If Things Are Getting Heated…

September 3, 2020

  Perhaps you’ve been there. You and your spouse are “discussing” something when suddenly you realize things are getting heated and going south. If it goes much further, you’ll hit a point of no return and it won’t end well. This is normal in marriage. It happens to everyone from time to time. But how […]

The Three Fields: A Marriage Parable

August 27, 2020

The following parable is suited to many situations in life, but it’s particularly suited to marriage. Once there were three farmers. They each had a field that was not doing well. The demands of growing crops had slowly drawn the life-giving nutrients from the soil until they no longer produced satisfying crops for the farmers. […]

The Three Fields: A Marriage Parable

August 27, 2020

  The following parable is suited to many situations in life, but it’s particularly suited to marriage. Once there were three farmers. They each had a field that was not doing well. The demands of growing crops had slowly drawn the life-giving nutrients from the soil until they no longer produced satisfying crops for the […]

If You Can’t Get Over How They’ve Hurt You…(Part 2)

August 20, 2020

What do you do if you’re having trouble getting over the way your spouse has hurt you? I posed this question in the last post, but I didn’t answer it. Instead, I looked at the various ways spouses hurt one another. I encourage you to go back and read that post, but here’s a very […]

If You Can’t Get Over How They’ve Hurt You… (Part 2)

August 20, 2020

  What do you do if you’re having trouble getting over the way your spouse has hurt you? I posed this question in the last post, but I didn’t answer it. Instead, I looked at the various ways spouses hurt one another. I encourage you to go back and read that post, but here’s a […]

If You’re Attracted to Someone Else…

August 6, 2020

Let’s cut to the chase. There will be times when we find ourselves attracted to someone other than our spouse. We don’t like to admit it, but it happens. We see someone and do a double-take. We’re with a group of people and find ourselves drawn to someone’s humor, personality, or interests. This is normal […]

If You’re Attracted to Someone Else…

August 6, 2020

  Let’s cut to the chase. There will be times when we find ourselves attracted to someone other than our spouse. We don’t like to admit it, but it happens. We see someone and do a double-take. We’re with a group of people and find ourselves drawn to someone’s humor, personality, or interests. This is […]

If Your Approaches to Parenting Differ…

July 30, 2020

When people come into my counseling office with marital problems, I always ask them, “When did these things start to be a problem?” The majority of people trace it back to when they started having kids. This makes sense. When kids come along… You have to share your spouse’s attention with a very needy child. […]