Someone just “pushed your buttons” and you’re ready to push back. That’s the Reactive Cycle. But is there a better way to handle conflict?
Marriage Conflict
Running a business, just like marriage, requires humility, wisdom, and compromise. Here some key principles to guide you if you and your spouse run a small business together.
After being married for a while, your spouse’s patterns can turn from cute quirks to annoying habits. Figuring out how to cope so that you don’t become highly critical of your spouse is important.
Spiritual attacks and normal growth issues are happening all the time. Here are some things to consider if you’re wondering why your relationship is going through some rough patches.
If you find yourself in an unhappy marriage, try these five simple things. If you and your spouse make these habits last, it will be a turning point in your relationship.
Marriage provides motivation to learn how to manage anger, which often stems from other emotions: hurt, fear or frustration. Here are some healthy ways to deal with anger in your marriage.
No one-including our spouse-can control the way you feel. The next time you react emotionally or in anger, take a step back and acknowledge that while the emotion is real, how you respond to it is up to you.
How do you avoid a politically divided marriage when the person on the other side of your bed is also on the other side of the political aisle?
Political issues can be challenging in any relationship, but they’re especially challenging for a married couple. No matter how serious your political differences may be, those differences should never impact your marriage covenant.
Thinking that summertime fun will fix your marriage problems is unrealistic. But you can use the optimism of the season to improve your relationship.
Nearly 50 million Americans are affected by mental illness. Navigating mental health conditions and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a confusing and draining experience for spouses. But this does not mean the end of your marriage — there is hope for your marriage even if it is riddled with mental illness.
It’s not easy to know how to help a depressed spouse, but this advice can get you started.
You don’t just marry your spouse … you marry their family. And that can be difficult. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and love your in-laws.
What should you do if your spouse’s flaws drive you crazy? Give grace? Or should you confront it because it’s missing God’s mark?
If you’re struggling with the difficult choice of whether to stay in a less than perfect marriage, the answer you seek feels heartbreakingly complicated. Because it is.
When ADHD and marriage go together, you can face repeating conflict patterns. But you can lessen those patterns and strengthen your marriage.
It’s normal to have conflict — and it’s unavoidable. According to the Bible, what matters most is how you handle the fighting in your marriage.
Darby Strickland, a counselor and teacher at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, defines sexual abuse in marriage and explains how wives are oppressed in this way.
All relationships take work, but your first responder marriage may make the Jones’ look like a coffee-fetching “internship.”
Each person comes to their wedding with a unique set of life experiences and levels of childhood trauma that impact the marriage relationship.
