Marriage and Divorce

You’ve made the vows and lived the “better”, but suddenly “worse” has crept into your previously happy home…it’s never easy, but the seed of hope remains alive in even the bleakest of times.  Marriage is probably one of the more…
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In almost every relationship, there will come a time that a crisis has to be faced and dealt with, sometimes at the risk of losing the relationship. In marriage, this is even more true than in other relationships. It is…
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How To Try To Save Your Marriage Many factors come into play when it comes to saving a marriage. To start you need to ask yourself is your marriage worth saving? Are you only staying for the children? Do you…
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One of the keys to a healthy marital partnership is a mutual spirit of compromise.  Any time one partner in the marriage attempts to exert control over the other, in order to have his/her way, the balance of power in the…
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What can kill a marriage includes a breakdown in communications.  In relationships, married partners can sometimes stop talking to each other so much that they end up leading totally separate lives.  It is natural, in many marriages, that there is…
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Money is the Number One cause of marriage problems; not adultery as many people would believe. Most men want to control their money and their spouse’s money also. That is control. No one needs to take over anyone else’s earnings;…
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There are many things that can kill a marriage but the point of my focus is on those that re-marry. Ensuring that a chapter is closed before starting another one is not quite enough. finish the book. Then start a…
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Can a marital separation save a marriage? … it depends… Could a short separation work as a Marriage Counseling tactic? As Psychologist that practices as a Marriage Counselor, a Life Coach or a professional Relationship Advice provider may quickly support a separation,…
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By the time most of us find that significant other and are ready to settle down and get married we have spent more than a few years being totally in control of our own lives.  We have our own jobs,…
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Once your best friend, he is now just a stranger on the couch, with whom you exchange monosyllabic responses. Sometimes he comes home reeking of alcohol. The joint checking account is long gone. One day, the couch will be empty,…
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There are many couples who break up only to find later that they made a mistake. Of course the reasons for this are as different as the people themselves. The only thing that is really universal among these people is…
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It is not very easy to tell if you may be asking too much from your marriage, but don’t wait until things begin to fall apart. Disagreements and conflicts within the marriage begin to unfold differences and what you see…
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While sharing a relationship with someone that you care about, and knowing that him or her have a past that may be more than what you expected, it is often hard to know how to come to terms with your…
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If you are a spouse a deployed soldier, you already know the stresses that their service has placed on your daily life. While you are telling yourself over and over that they are doing a great and heroic service for…
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By the time the couple hits the marriage counselor’s office, their marriage is already in deep trouble. Their relationship is becoming fodder for a “Ladies Home Journal” article on “Can this marriage be saved?” Having to sort through layers of…
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Think about it. What kept your sex life exciting back before you got married? First of all, your spouse is probably the person you’ve been with the longest- time makes for habits, and habits are never exciting. Second, part of…
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Have you ever heard the old adage, Patience is a virtue? Well, it’s true! Not only is your foundation of love built on trust but it is also built on the strength and durability of your patience. You are both…
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Marriage is hard. Make no mistake about it. It takes love, commitment, patience, respect and above all, hard work. No one thing will kill your marriage on its own. The ending of a marriage is built up by piles of…
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Marriage 101: How’s Your Sex Life? Anne arrived dragged down and complaining about how her husband Bill. He’d been pawing at her, even as she was heading out the door. “Can you believe that?” she asked anticipating I’d chime in…
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The first thing that can kill a marriage is a lack of respect for the other party. Respect is essential in allowing people to feel wanted, loved and appreciated by others. In a marriage situation, a lack of respect causes…
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With so many of our enlisted men and women away on deployments today, there are many spouses left at home awaiting the return of husbands and wives. They are left, not only lonely for the ones that they love, but…
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Military life is difficult in itself.  It is difficult for the member and it is difficult for the members’ family.  Getting ready for the first deployment can be difficult for everyone involved.  The first and far most important thing the…
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Frequency Matters When Making Love….But Quality Matters More…. When it comes to making love to your partner I don’t think that its quantity but quality that matters. You don’t necessarily have to have an hour or two to make love….
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Emotional intimacy is the very life blood of happy, healthy living. Without it we are only half alive. Unfortunately true emotional intimacy is difficult for most people to attain and more often than not couples are at different places in…
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Why on earth would you want to do that? I used to be an atheist, and I couldn’t imagine anything more boring and annoying than religion; therefore, I couldn’t imagine myself EVER being interested in, let alone married to, a…
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I Do. Remember how excited both of you were when those words came out of your heart? Tears flowed, sniffles were heard through out the auditorium. “By the power vested in me” and with that you began a journey that…
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Holidays tend to make you feel a little blue without your spouse around to share them with you. It seems to make you more sensitive to the feelings of loneliness. A holiday is approaching fast and your soldier has been deployed for…
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To make any marriage succeed apart from hard work and dedication you most of all need passion. If you are passionate about your partner or any activity. hard work and dedication become a pleasure not a curse. I believe this…
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After being married for a few years a relationship can loose its romance. Circumstances can pull couples in different directions and they tend to overlook each other. It may not always be intentional but they no longer do things that…
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Without any shadow of a doubt if a woman is married and decides to have an abortion for any reason apart from marital rape then it should be the decision of both parties. The idea that the decision can be…
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