Many women with hormonal imbalances don’t know why they feel overwhelmed, agitated or weepy. Rhonda needed to find a way to help her marriage survive.
Communication Struggles
Feedback can reveal flaws that we don’t see in ourselves. It can be painful, but it’s essential. If we respond with defensiveness, we shut down a valuable tool for building an honest, thriving relationship.
Friends often confide in each other when they have marriage problems. So what should we say — or not say — if we want to help a friend who confesses a marriage issue? Here are some guidelines to help.
My wife’s painful honesty hurts my feelings. She must not know the strategy known as “the white lie.” A time comes when each spouse is tempted to tell one. Is a white lie too much to ask for?
Personalities play a role in communication styles. A good approach is to ask your spouse about the times and situations that allow him or her to be open to healthy, honest conversation.
Create a heart-to-heart connection, even when your man is reluctant.
People have different apology languages just like they have different love languages. A person may apologize, but the apology is not perceived as sincere because it’s spoken in a different language.
Reaching out means turning our heart and our attention toward our spouse whenever opportunities arise. If we remember what we did during seasons of closeness, we can reach out again in the same ways.
Couples often have unspoken expectations about the Christmas season — and that’s where the problems begin. Unfortunately, each person might think his or her way of celebrating the holidays is “right.”
Shannon and Darren often didn’t make time for each other or their kids. But after a cancer diagnosis, the couple changed their priorities, placing more value on time spent together as a family.
These conversation starters can help couples connect when a spouse has received a cancer diagnosis. Consider using these questions to help articulate your feelings and health-care needs.
Your marriage, like your home, needs a seasonal cleaning to sweep away the irritants that settle in. Whether you need a dusting or a deep spring-cleaning, the result of your efforts can be refreshing!
Crises put significant strain on marriages. The tension can cause couples to drift apart. But by adequately communicating feelings and needs, couples can grow closer together even in stressful times.
When we try to follow the call to love unconditionally and reject sinful behavior, we need to watch our words carefully. This devotion will help you and your spouse explore speaking the truth in love.
Spouses can’t always agree, but how they respond to disagreements can either strengthen or strain their marriage. Learning to listen first and speak second in emotionally charged discussions is important.
We all have colleagues, family members or friends who seem difficult to get along with. Unfortunately, the turmoil caused by our struggles with these people often overflows into our other relationships.
If we reduce hope to an emotion, we might experience despair. True hope is the conviction that God is working on our behalf. That’s when we find strength to move ahead in spite of our emotions.
If you don’t listen to your wife, she might not feel loved. She could feel frustrated, hurt and rejected. Fortunately, there are practical things you can do to stay focused while your wife is talking.
As a husband, you don’t want to ignore issues, but you don’t want to be a bully. How can you find a healthy balance? Think CR-V: compliment, request and value.
All couples disagree at times — money, in-laws, sex, the laundry. Conflict seems to be a necessary evil in marriage. But did you know that how you fight is more important than what you fight about?
