Marriage counseling is a dynamic relationship between three people, the couple and the counselor. Marriage counseling is not something that works or does not work. It is the couple that goes to marriage counseling who either work or don’t work….
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Children are all too often part of the collateral damage associated with divorce. While it may be impossible to completely shield children from the pain of a family’s break-up, there are ways to help children of all ages deal with…
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How do you tell children about divorce? How do you to assure them that the love for them is still there while the fabric of your marriage is torn? Children are naive in their assumption that their homelife will always…
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Marriage takes a lot of work, and sometimes that work has to be intentionally performed every single day. The Christian marriage has a powerful base of common spiritual faith, but people are still people and they can sometimes mess up…
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Financial pressure will either strengthen or weaken a relationship, depending on the nature of the relationship.   A man who married the prettiest girl in school by wooing her with material goods will be hard pressed to continue to maintain his self-esteem…
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I have no memories of my parent’s marriage, but I do know it was a very tragic one filled with everything from adultery to abuse and neglect. It wasn’t so much that they didn’t love each other. My father was…
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This is something that men have been accused of for time immemorial…something that is full of full of stereotypes and terrible connations: men are all savage brutes, liars, cheaters and downright scoundrels. In the equity between the sexes, we must…
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Blanked out, that is precisely what teenagers feel when their parents announce their divorce. It has been confirmed time and again that teenagers feel left out when their parents start the divorce phases. They also think that parents ought to…
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Sadly, marriages crumble. That is just the way a fact. In the past, people stayed married because of the stigma attached to divorce, or for the children. To make a marriage work people have to want to be together for…
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Divorce is a bitter pill to swallow and even harder for the children of the marriage to fully comprehend. Perhaps you and your spouse have separated or are in the process of divorce. Divorce places so much pressure on every…
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They say young people fall in love over and over again. This is certainly true. The feeling of spring blossoms in the hearts of young people all year long. However, those feelings of butterflies and fairytales are not enough to…
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When helping children deal with divorce, their number one need is to have an empathetic and sensitive listener. An old Roman adage says that we have two ears and one mouth so we can listen more than we speak.* Your job…
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To find the perfect woman is not complicated. First know thy self. Your favorite color will lead you the way. If your favorite color is red, you need passion, the perfect woman is one who also like red. Otherwise, find…
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As a parent you are in what Carl Rogers, author, teacher, psychologist, called a helping relationship. By this he meant a relationship in which one of the parties has the intent of promoting the growth, development, maturity, improved coping with…
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There are many bad habits that can contribute to the deterioration of a marriage. These habits include, but are not restricted to, talking negatively about your spouse with your family of origin, infidelity, gambling addictions, substance abuse addictions, and reckless…
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Divorce is a scrooge for the husband and wife, and even more so for the children. The relationship of the family has been terminated and must exist in a completely different manner. There are sometimes others thrown into the mix,…
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There exist probably as many stories of the road from dating to marriage as there are couples who walk this road. Certain ‘rules’ make it more likely the couple will continue their story from marriage to death. First, I want…
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Who among us dares to say they know all the rules to success in relationships. If never going to bed angry was the answer, we would know it by now. If Father knew best, households around the world would reflect…
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Shared thoughts and feelings are the most powerful glue on earth… That first date starts off with a bang and turns out to be the beginning of an exciting romance and developing of a true friendship. Dating is a time…
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Unlike a lot of people I don’t believe there is a lot of work required to go from successful dating to creating a successful marriage. Both relationships should be based on the same principles. The way I see it the…
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Think back to your first date with your spouse.  Chances are you really took care of yourself better than ever that night.  You probably took an extra long shower of bath.  When you brushed your teeth, you scrubbed them within an…
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There are many factors that go into the creation and maintenance of a happy marriage. There is probably nothing as difficult as the task of merging two unique personalities and producing a partnership that brings fulfillment for both members. Marriage…
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There is a popular joke which goes around that, for a marriage to be successful and long-running, the wife should be mute and the husband should be deaf. There is a little logic behind this. Over the years, many women…
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The very first rule to having a successful relationship is remembering that YOU CAN’T CHANGE THE PERSON! So often a couple gets together, finds out about each others vices, and then stays together with the assumption that things will change…
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TIPS FOR MARITAL HAPPINESS. Some marriages will never be totally fulfilling, if you have married someone who is very immature, selfish, a player, vain or conceited, does not respect you or one of you does not love the other. .Having…
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As people are different, so are relationships. No two are ever alike. For that reason, you won’t find a book or a page with all the dos and don’ts or ins and outs-no matter what the author may tell you….
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