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Moving forward in faith but we need your help!

Urgent Need: Right now, Focus on the Family is facing a $2 million ministry shortfall. We are moving forward in faith that God will provide for our critical marriage and family programs, but we need your help. Will you stand in the gap with a vital gift before 11:59 p.m. on August 31?
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Marriage Problems

A close-up of a person’s foot breaking through a damaged wooden floor, symbolizing the struggles and challenges in learning how to fix a broken marriage.

How to Fix a Broken Relationship: Find the Termites

Long-term problems, like termites, can eat away at the foundation of your marriage. But you can fix a broken relationship by exterminating them.

A smiling couple, Carrin and Jeremy Eyman, takes a close-up selfie outdoors, symbolizing their journey of resilience and support while facing military PTSD.

Navigating Military PTSD and Trauma in Marriage

A Naval Corpsman’s injury in Afghanistan changed his career and his marriage. But God used the trauma for good.

A couple dancing with each other in their living room, enjoying their real-life fairy tale marriage.

Reconcilable Differences: A Real-Life Fairy Tale Marriage

The clock struck 12 in this couple’s real-life fairy tale marriage, and the glamour vanished. How could theirs be a happy ending?

Counselor confronting husband in office as wife looks on

The Importance of Vulnerability in Fighting Pornography Addiction

You can’t keep hiding. You can’t kick the habit on your own; no one can. If you really want to be free, you’re going to have to open up to others. You’re going to have to learn to be vulnerable.

A man and a woman sit on opposite ends of a couch, turned away from each other. Here's how to identify and deal with a spouse on the autism spectrum, and to navigate autism and marriage.

Navigating Autism Spectrum Disorder in Marriage

Marriage stressors reach a whole new level if one spouse is on the autism spectrum — and the couple isn’t even aware of it. If one spouse has ASD and the other does not, the two have significant differences in the way their brains are wired.

Photo of a young man emotionally hurt from an argument with his wife. The wife looks on from the background. Sometimes it's hard to tell if its a bad conflict or emotional abuse.

Is It Bad Conflict or Emotional Abuse in Your Marriage?

Emotional abuse in marriage is one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize, but unrepentant patterns are the key to identifying it.

A husband hugs his wife tenderly and empathetically. Here are five ways to support your spouse after a job loss.

Five Ways to Support Your Spouse after a Job Loss

A spouse’s job loss can be a trying and uncertain time. But it’s important to remind them that their job is not their whole identity. They are also an eternal child of God with purpose beyond their work.

A woman sits on the edge of the bed with her head in her hand, as if stressed out. Her husband sits on the other end, trying to talk to her. Here are some tips to deal with past abortions in marriage.

How to Deal With a Past Abortion in Marriage

If you’ve been through an abortion in the past, keeping it from your spouse can cause even more pain. Here are several ways you and your spouse can deal with a past abortion.

A young couple embrace each other in a cornfield. Masturbation in marriage might be problematic if it sabotages intimacy.

Is Self-Stimulation in Marriage Wrong?

Sexuality in marriage is a complex journey of intimacy. There are times when self-stimulation fosters this intimacy and times when it destroy its. Author Juli Slattery looks at the difference between the two instances.

A woman sits on a couch on the other end from her husband, with whom she is clearly angry. Imagine they hit one of your “buttons,” and you had an angry outburst at your spouse. How do you repair the relationship?

What Should I Do After an Angry Outburst at My Spouse?

How do you repair the relationship when you have an angry outburst at your spouse? Read on to learn more about controlling your reactions.

Photo of a man and woman sitting on a couch with their heads in their hands, clearly overwhelmed by their child, who is bouncing on the couch behind them. How you manage parenting stress and parental burnout in marriage can either harm your relationship or create deeper intimacy and happiness.

How To Cope With Parental Burnout as a Couple

Learning to manage parenting stress in marriage can strengthen your relationship with your spouse. Here are several way you can cope with parenting stress, together.

A collage of photographs showcasing a Shawn and Jayneen Scheffler's journey through different stages of their marriage, from their wedding day to more recent moments together. The images reflect love, companionship, and resilience, offering a visual representation of hope and perseverance, even when facing challenges in learning how to save your marriage when it seems hopeless.

How To Save Your Marriage When It Seems Hopeless

One couple thought divorce was inevitable. Enter Hope Restored

A man hides his face in shame from a computer screen in a dark room. People may use sex and pornography to activate a “pleasure system high” that can lead to a deeper progression of porn addiction.

The Progression of Porn Addiction

Addition to pornography follows a certain progression: early exposure, addiction, escalation, desensitization and acting out sexually. Here’s how you can break the chain.

A couple, symbolizing Ron and Opal Erickson, laughing together outdoors while playing a guitar, enjoying a lighthearted moment.

Ron and Opal Erickson: From Disharmony to Beautiful Music

Even with their marriage on the brink of divorce, God softened Ron’s and Opal’s hearts, giving them a hope that shone brightly enough to lead them on a path to restoration.

A couple sits closely together, focused on a laptop screen, discussing strategies for conquering the spending problem and managing their finances.

Conquering the Spending Problem

Spending money is easy and fun until you realize you’ve spent too much. Learn how to conquer your spending problem with these simple suggestions.

A husband comforting his grieving wife as she sits on a couch with her hands covering her face, illustrating how to support a grieving spouse with empathy and care.

How to Support a Grieving Spouse

Whenever we experience loss, we become vulnerable to getting stuck in the grief process. We need to grieve to restore balance. A husband or wife can provide healing for a grieving spouse.

Two women sitting on a park bench, one visibly upset and holding a tissue, while the other offers quiet support, symbolizing challenges like how to stay married when your friends are divorcing.

How To Stay Married When Your Friends Are Divorcing

When a friend goes through divorce, you’re at a higher risk for divorce. But you’re not doomed to follow that trend. If you build and strengthen your marriage, you can make it stronger than ever.

Keeping Your Marriage Intact While Grieving a Child’s Death

The death of a child can set you on the most difficult trek of your life, one that challenges your connection in marriage. As dark as this time is, there’s hope for the future — and your marriage.

A solitary figure walking through a serene forest path surrounded by towering trees, symbolizing the journey of healing after sexual betrayal.

Sexual Betrayal: Mile Markers on the Path from Hurt to Hope

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes After my husband confessed his sexual betrayal, I felt as if I were living in a blackout. My first response was to sit in a corner and cry. I was constantly on edge, even in my own house, as if any step might bring a new stab of pain. I …

How To Be Kind to Your Husband (Even When You Don’t ‘Get’ Him)

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes I stood in line to board the airplane, wondering if I should say something to the woman behind me whose conversation I could hear. As a social researcher, I often overhear strangers wondering about a question I’ve studied: Why do men do that? Most of the time, I resist the …