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How to Bring Things Up When Your Spouse Gets Angry

Communication, Marriage, Relationships, Resolving Conflict

Couple holding hands across a checkered table, a calm way to talk when your spouse gets angry when you bring things up

by Brandon Coussens, LMFT

Bare foot stepping onto broken eggshells, showing what walking on eggshells in marriage feels like

Walking on Eggshells in Your Marriage? Where to Start

Communication, Marriage, Relationships, Resolving Conflict

Simple Life graphic for a post on improving your marriage one simple step at a time

Improve Your Marriage One “Simple” Step at a Time

Anxiety, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships

Close-up of a "Roommate Agreement" document with the title Feeling Like Roommates in Your Marriage? How to Reconnect

Feeling Like Roommates in Your Marriage? How to Reconnect

Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships

Shadows of a couple holding hands in warm sunlight, on rebuilding trust after an affair

How to Rebuild Trust After an Affair

Affair, Apology, Dishonesty, Forgivneness, Infidelity, Marriage

Spouse reading late-night text messages alone, wondering what they mean

Is Texting Someone Else Cheating?

Affair, Communication, Infidelity, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships, Resolving Conflict, Trust

Man handing a red paper heart to another woman while his wife stands beside him with an empty open hand

Signs of an Emotional Affair (And Why You’re Not Crazy)

Affair, Communication, Husband, Infidelity, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships

A while back, one of the clinicians in our practice worked with a couple where the husband had a standing guys night. That was the agreement. Just guys. His wife was fine with it until she saw a text on his phone that made it clear a woman had…

Older married couple holding hands, reconnecting after feeling like roommates

What Holds a Marriage Together When You’re So Different

Communication, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships, Resolving Conflict, Trust

why your spouse gets defensive instead of taking responsibility

Why Your Spouse Gets Defensive Instead of Taking Responsibility in Marriage

Apology, Attitude, Communication, Expectations, Marriage, Resolving Conflict

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