Here’s What Happens When You Tell Your Wife What She Means to You (With Words)
Growing up, I didn’t care much for greeting cards. As far I could tell, most other children felt the same, especially upon receiving a gift. I’d…
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Somewhere Along the Way, We Lost Each Other
I read all the blogs about incredible husbands who help with the kids, help with the house, you know the husbands who partner with their wives in…
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Want Your Husband to Know How You’re Feeling? Tell Him.
After six years of marriage, I think I have something figured out. Communication is EVERYTHING. OK, you might be rolling your eyes and thinking,…
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Surviving That Prickly Teen Silence
Unsettling, threatening and deeply disturbing. I am sure that’s what teen silence does to almost all parents, and I am one of the flock. My once…
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How To Handle “The Talk” With Pre-Teens, From a Mental Health Therapist
As a mental health therapist, I’m familiar with “the talk”. I’ve had a lot of “talks” with children and teenagers…
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When Parenting Costs Us Something
My girl woke up with a chip on her shoulder. Our day began with echoes of squabbling in the hallway; breakfast was punctuated by loud clanking…
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The One Thing That May Be Hurting Your Marriage Most (It’s Not What You Think)
Did you know that 80 percent of the time women bring up issues in heterosexual relationships? That’s according to Dr. John Gottman who studied…
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This Simple Strategy Changed My Relationship With My Teens
I’m stinking it up as a parent AGAIN. All my kid wanted me to do was listen and I blew it. And I’d been waiting for days for him to talk…
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Why Raising An Extreme Child Requires An Extreme Marriage: 8 Ways To Strengthen Maxed-Out Matrimony
Y’all this is not a drill! In a country where over 50 percent of couples are doomed to failed marriages, 36 percent of marriages face…
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The Best Kind of Date Night
Sometimes date night isn’t perfect. Wait, what? Yes, you read that right. Sometimes it’s not about a candlelit dinner, a surprise…
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