Marriage and Family Blog

If You’re Struggling with Your Sexual Relationship…

July 2, 2020

  Sex can easily become an issue in marriage. Here are some of the things spouses tell me in my counseling office… “My spouse wants sex all the time!” “My spouse is just not interested in sex. “ “I’m not sure about some of the things my spouse wants to do sexually.” “My spouse never […]

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If You Want Your Spouse To Change…

June 26, 2020

Remember when when you were so in love with your spouse you couldn’t think of anything you wanted to change about them? Does that seem like a long time ago? WHY CAN’T WE SEE OUR DIFFERENCES EARLY ON? In premarital counseling, I try to get couples to see their differences and the problems those differences […]

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If You Want Your Spouse To Change…

June 26, 2020

  Remember when when you were so in love with your spouse you couldn’t think of anything you wanted to change about them? Does that seem like a long time ago? WHY CAN’T WE SEE OUR DIFFERENCES EARLY ON? In premarital counseling, I try to get couples to see their differences and the problems those […]

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If Your Spouse is Critical…

June 19, 2020

Does any of the following sound familiar? That’s not the right way to load the dishwasher. They won’t get clean that way. Why are you going this way? It takes longer and there are more stop lights. Why can’t you put things away when you’re done? That’s not the right way to discipline the kids. […]

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If Your Spouse is Critical…

June 19, 2020

Does any of the following sound familiar? That’s not the right way to load the dishwasher. They won’t get clean that way. Why are you going this way? It takes longer and there are more stop lights. Why can’t you put things away when you’re done? That’s not the right way to discipline the kids. […]

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If You Feel Like Quitting…

June 12, 2020

Everyone feels like quitting sometimes. Stephen King is a prolific writer and probably one of the most well know and successful authors in modern history. Yet, he felt like quitting early on. I read that one night, his wife was taking out the trash and found three crumpled pages covered in cigarette ashes. Out of […]

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If You Feel Like Quitting…

June 12, 2020

Everyone feels like quitting sometimes. Stephen King is a prolific writer and probably one of the most well know and successful authors in modern history. Yet, he felt like quitting early on. I read that one night, his wife was taking out the trash and found three crumpled pages covered in cigarette ashes. Out of […]

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If You Don’t Want to Hurt your Kids…

June 5, 2020

Here’s the story of two couples… Couple #1 It was a Saturday afternoon when some friends of ours called in great distress. They asked if I could come over as soon as possible. I could tell from the voice on the phone that something bad was happening. When I pulled up, one spouse was on […]

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If You Don’t Want to Hurt your Kids…

June 5, 2020

Here’s the story of two couples… Couple #1 It was a Saturday afternoon when some friends of ours called in great distress. They asked if I could come over as soon as possible. I could tell from the voice on the phone that something bad was happening. When I pulled up, one spouse was on […]

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If There’s Something You Want Your Spouse To Know…

May 29, 2020

I’m going to let you in on one of my many failures in marriage. But, I warn you…it’s not pretty! In fact it’s quite embarrassing! (If my wife is reading this, she’s probably pretty nervous at this point.) Here’s the story… It was a quiet evening when, out of nowhere, I proudly announced to my […]

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