Many marriages are blessed with a spouse who is a live-life-to-its-fullest spender, while the other spouse saves each penny. But too often, husbands and wives end up feeling like they’re on opposing teams.
Marriage Problems
Our childhood experiences and relationships with our parents affect the way we relate to our spouses. There are five unhealthy love styles we develop as a result of our trauma as kids. Here’s how to identify each.
Bo Stern writes of her husband’s struggle with ALS, testifying to God’s strength being made perfect in their weakness.
The holidays are over. Has the New Year brought to light old habits?
Are you concerned that a spouse is being emotionally abused in their marriage? Find out which behavior patterns signal abuse.
When my husband deployed, my world fell apart. But God pieced me — and us — back together, stronger than ever.
Marriages only thrive as each spouse accepts responsibility for the impact of their own disappointments, fears and priorities on the relationship.
When a couple reaches the point of separation, the entire situation gets further complicated when children are involved.
Most couples in a second marriage could use some expert help right from the start. Counseling provides guidance and the kind of insight that’s often difficult to muster on your own.
Blended family marriages face unique stressors that can affect a couple’s sexual relationship. Here are five sexual pitfalls to avoid.
Marriage struggles are normal. But often, couples ask, “Is divorce the right answer?” These 15 questions will help you evaluate your marriage.
Unspoken communication can be at least as powerful as words.
Some see sex as a means to an end. But when something is reduced to a utilitarian process, it ceases to be beautiful. Waiting for sex helps couples find its true value: unity.
Learning constructive ways to handle your differences is one of the most important things you can do to protect your marriage. You can decide to take control of your issues.
Challenges, stress and painful trials are going to be part of your life together. The key to a thriving marriage is to learn how to manage the crises that are inevitable.
It is rare that a marriage hits a crisis point as the result of one move of one person.
When your spouse is diagnosed with a chronic illness, you begin to realize that your life, your spouse’s life and your marriage will never again be the same.
To overcome unforgiveness, we need to deal with our emotional wounds and let them heal.
If you and your spouse argue about the same money issues over and over, it may be time to look below the surface.
If you’re married to an addict, don’t give up hope. An expert counselor explains how to care for yourself and avoid enabling your addicted loved one.