Sometimes, when we meet our spouses, our differences attract us to one another. But then those differences can be frustrating once we’re married. If you’re finding that’s the case in your relationship, here are five strategies that might help.
Marital Communication
Household chores can be a point of contention in marriage. To avoid this conflict, couples should focus their energy on out-serving each other.
There are five basic love languages — five ways to express love emotionally. Here’s an overview of each and how each type expresses and feels love. Which one applies to your spouse?
Learning to communicate with your spouse in a productive way takes time and sacrifice. Here are some tips to communicate with your less communicative or overly communicative spouse.
If you’ve been unfaithful in your marriage and you’re wondering what to do now, Dr. Greg Smalley explains 10 reasons to have a talk with your spouse.
Sometimes, the busyness of life can wear your relationship down. Author Mitch Temple and Dr. Bill Maier offer some tips on bringing the romance back for a successful marriage.
Recognizing when unmet expectations are the source of anger in your marriage can help you can create an environment that allows for apology and restoration of the relationship.
Understanding how God made men and women different in marriage is one key to a great relationship. Here’s how to work with His design rather than against it.
Communicating in marriage can be excruciating if you don’t have the right tools. Here are six tools that will help with that.
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?
Learn how to identify the two most unrealistic expectations in marriage and open the door to a healthy relationship with your spouse.
Most people struggle to manage their stresses in marriage effectively. And unmanaged stress in one spouse usually escalates stress in the other. But reactions can be complex.
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.
Resolving conflict healthily honors marriage and keeps the marriage bed pure. Praying with your spouse leads to emotional safety, which encourages sexual intimacy.
Being stubbornly silent or verbally explosive during marital conflict doesn’t honor God. Finding balance in marital conflict resolution expresses honor and love for God.
Avoiding conflict in marriage isn’t fair to yourself or your spouse. Learning to embrace and resolve conflict healthily leads to a better marriage.
There’s not necessarily any one right way to handle and resolve conflict – but, be assured that there are some mindsets, behaviors and attitudes you should avoid in this area of your marriage.
Healthy conflict can facilitate communication, understanding, trust and respect if we choose to manage our differences and disagreements in nourishing ways.
Forgiveness is vital in marriage. The key is to seek an apology after we truly understand our spouse’s heart. Here’s a four-part process to a sincere apology.
Empathy is more than feeling sorry that your spouse is burdened or troubled. Empathy takes place as you carry your spouse’s burdens.
