New research at the University of Illinois examined data on nearly 1,500 men and 1,800 women between the ages of 52 and 60 and found that couples who resist traditional gender roles, or who shoot for a so-called equal marriage, are less happy than those who swim with the tide.
Don’t waste your time trying to ‘rekindle the magic’ by RACHEL HOSIE Rom-coms would have us believe that our main goal in life should be finding ‘the one.’ And once you’ve found them, you have to pin them down by tying the knot. And that’s...
Dr. Beam on his weekly LIVE show here on MarriageRadio.com often mentions the positives of regular sex with our marriage partner. But in this post we are going to discuss some of the side effects of NOT having regular sex. What exactly are these negative effects of not having sex?
Though it’s often a complaint we hear from a wife that her husband won’t talk, we often receive a request for help from a husband who says, “My wife won’t talk to me.”
For some married couples, committing to a weekly date night sounded wonderful and for many it is. But for some people, date night is one of, if not THE, most stressful day of the week.
I’m not sure where I first heard the following quote, but it has stuck with me over the years: “We schedule our priorities and prioritize our schedule.” I know I heard it from my dad when we discussed an excuse I made as a teenager...
These are not three magic steps that guarantee your marriage will survive. They are three crucial things to understand and put into practice that will help you save your marriage if anything will.
In this program Dr. Joe Beam explains why writing (especially texting and emails) don’t work when you need to talk about things that matter. He also explains why phone calls usually don’t work well either.
Most of us take a vow at our wedding ceremony that states that going forward we will be “forsaking all others” for the person we are marrying. If it’s one of the vows you made to your spouse, it’s just as important as vowing to...
by John Dobbs In a few weeks Maggy and I will have been married for 27 years. I’m more blessed than I deserve. Ours is not a perfect marriage because those do not exist. But I love being married to Maggy and I think I’ve...
You’ve prayed. Others have prayed with you and for you. Your children pour out their hearts. Yet, your marriage continues to spiral downward. Does God answer prayer for marriage?
Whether you are controlling, someone is claiming you are but you disagree, or you are being controlled in a relationship, there is something going on that needs to be fixed in your marriage. No one wants to be controlled, yet everyone’s view point on what...
One of the most common reasons for major marital discord is a spouse who feels controlled, disrespected, or dominated by the other. Interestingly, the dominating spouse often doesn’t believe s/he is being controlling. No one wants to be treated as a child, especially by the...
In this program, Dr. Joe Beam responds to your questions about love. What it is. How to know if you really are in love. How long it lasts. When it ends. Why it ends. Can it last a lifetime?
Sticking with an unhappy marriage after the birth of children could be the best decision couples ever make, researchers have found. A study into the long-term success of marriages found that the majority of couples who reported being unhappy following the birth of their first...
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