Sometimes people behave the way they do because of past experiences and even because of trauma.
Someone who is willing to destroy relationships by getting involved in one affair after another, may have had something happen in their past that now influences their present actions.… Read More
Good marriage counselors are worth their weight in gold.
There are thousands of well-trained individuals out there who work for the couple and not for one individual and who work with ethics in mind—these counselors help both parties with their individual and combined goals in order to help the couple move forward — whatever that may look like.… Read More
Not every relationship or marriage has a major meltdown.
But when it happens, how do you put things back together?
How do you get past the hurt? The broken trust? The fear that something else is coming – especially when one partner developed a deep emotional relationship with someone else, but has decided to try to make your relationship work again.… Read More
Have you ever prayed about love? Perhaps something that you wanted to happen.… Read More
Whether it’s done by your best friend, your child, or your spouse, it hurts when we discover that we’ve been lied to, doesn’t it?
No one that I know of likes being deceived. Even in affairs, I often hear the spouse who was cheated on say something such as, “As much as the affair hurt, it hurt me even more that s/he lied to me!”… Read More
Watch the important video above about “limerence,” all the way through before reading the rest of this article.… Read More
Pornography can not only be an addiction, but it can ruin relationships, marriages, and lives.
Pornography addiction is a real issue—not something created by the media and should be treated as any other addiction would be.
Any person of any age can get lured into the act of watching porn on TV or online, and once they go down that rabbit hole, it is difficult to come out of, especially in people of certain dispositions, life circumstances, and/or addictive personalities. … Read More
When a child learns that his or her parents are getting a divorce, it can be alarming, frustrating, confusing, and quite upsetting.
These emotions are normal and are not solely reserved for children and adolescents; adults can experience a spectrum of emotions as well when realizing that their parents, after all of the years, are getting a divorce.… Read More
What do you do when you’ve had major problems in your marriage and now want to try to reconcile?
It’s tougher to accomplish than most people think.
It’s great when a couple decides to put a marriage back together.
However, without a valid understanding of what caused the trouble (and that usually means MUCH more than the final issue that became the focus of the marriage problems), many couples who try to reconcile run headlong into a wall of pain and frustration.… Read More
You can’t go out with your friends–you better stay here tonight, or else.
I’m not going with you anymore to your parent’s house; they annoy me.
This is how I do things around here and I expect you to do the same.… Read More
Many times people exhibit controlling behaviors without realizing it.
Other times people are controlled and don’t know how to handle it in their marriage or otherwise.
Either way, controlling behavior can lead to a hostile and anxious environment, which is not what you want in a marriage (or anywhere really).… Read More
