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Faith, Gratitude, and Mental Health: A Thanksgiving Reflection for Couples

Bible, Marriage, Stress Management, Thankfulness

I. Introduction: Why Thanksgiving Hits Differently for Couples Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite times of the year. I love the food, the festivities, the smell of something cooking in the oven, and the feeling of people coming together. I love the “idea” of slowing down and remembering what matters most. But I […]

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10 Ways to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

Improve your marriage while in quarantine by sharing duties and giving time to reboot

Anxiety, Communication, Grace, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Resolving Conflict, Stress Management

Many of us who are home at this time find that our duties are actually increasing. Children being home from school and more people in the household creating messes means more clean up and monitoring of the homestead. If you are still working,…

Using Creativity to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

Anxiety, Communication, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Resolving Conflict

Using Patience and Kindness to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

Arguments, Communication, Forgivneness, Grace, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Positive Attention, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Resolving Conflict

We are now weeks into this thing called quarantine, or "shelter in place." I first wonder who came up with these terms. I guess that does matter much, but when you have as much time on your hands as some of us do, you start thinking about things…

10 Ways to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

Communication, Forgivneness, Grace, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Stress Management, Uncategorized

Staying home due to COVID-19? Are you finding it hard to manage your relationship, the children or working from home? The combination of those three can increase stress if you don't know how to manage them well. It's like the movie, The Perfect…

As a marriage counselor, I teach couples many skills. One of those skills is how to listen better. Many of us have been taught how to communicate or express our thoughts better to others in classes or through our jobs, but may have never had…

5 Ways to be Intentional in your Marriage

Communication, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Positive Attention, Positive Thinking, Relationships

What year is it? Where does the time go? I am sitting here wondering how yesterday is already gone. It seems it was just yesterday I was getting excited about the season changing. It seems like a good time to talk about being intentional in…

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Faith, Gratitude, and Mental Health: A Thanksgiving Reflection for Couples

Improve your marriage while in quarantine by sharing duties and giving time to reboot

Using Creativity to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

Using Patience and Kindness to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

10 Ways to Improve Your Marriage While in Quarantine

5 Tips to not “Fighting” in Marriage Communication

How Fight or Flight Affects Marriage Communication

5 Steps to Becoming a Better Listener in Marriage

5 Ways to be Intentional in your Marriage

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