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"How can my spouse and i get out of debt?" This is the question this couple asked of their financial advisor and now they are sitting down at the table together, going over their budget and spending, and finding ways to get out of debt.

How Can My Spouse and I Get Out of Debt?

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.

A man and a woman stand pressing their foreheads against each other lovingly and with joy in their hearts. Our childhood experiences and the way our parents related to us have imprinted certain love styles and behaviors on us.

How Childhood Experiences Impact Love Styles

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.

A woman embraces a man in a wheelchair, both wearing expressions of hope and positivity despite the challenges of facing a terminal illness.

Facing Terminal Illness in Marriage

Bo Stern writes of her husband’s struggle with ALS, testifying to God’s strength being made perfect in their weakness.

Worried couple sitting at the table looking over bills

Getting Out of Debt . . . Again

The holidays are over. Has the New Year brought to light old habits?

A distressed woman sits with her head in her hand while a man angrily gestures towards her, depicting emotional abuse in marriage.

Warning Signs of Emotional Abuse in Marriage

Are you concerned that a spouse is being emotionally abused in their marriage? Find out which behavior patterns signal abuse.

A woman holds a cupcake with a lit candle while video chatting with her husband, symbolizing the challenges and intimacy of a long-distance marriage.

15 Ways To Make a Long-Distance Marriage Thrive

When my husband deployed, my world fell apart. But God pieced me — and us — back together, stronger than ever.

Two people, a man and a woman, are standing outdoors, facing each other with serious expressions, pointing fingers at each other as if they are engaging in a blame game.

How To Put a Stop to the Blame Game in Marriage

Marriages only thrive as each spouse accepts responsibility for the impact of their own disappointments, fears and priorities on the relationship.

Mother and father fighting in the background. Their little girl covering her ears and crying.

How to Support Children Through Separation

When a couple reaches the point of separation, the entire situation gets further complicated when children are involved.

After the “Family-moon”: Tips For Blended Families

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.

A couple embraces intimately, their foreheads touching as they prepare to kiss, symbolizing vulnerability and connection in conversations about a partner’s sexual past.

How to Overcome Your Sexual Past and Have Deeper Intimacy With Your Spouse

Blended family marriages face unique stressors that can affect a couple’s sexual relationship. Here are five sexual pitfalls to avoid.

A silhouette of a man and a woman at sunset. The man is walking away from the woman as the woman sits with her head in her hands. Marriage struggles are normal. Often, couples ask, "Is divorce the right answer?" These 15 questions will help you evaluate your marriage.

Is Divorce the Right Answer? 15 Questions Couples Should Ask

Marriage struggles are normal. But often, couples ask, “Is divorce the right answer?” These 15 questions will help you evaluate your marriage.

A couple sitting at a cafe table, communicating in order to restore the romance in their marriage.

Restoring Romance Through Nonverbal Communication

Unspoken communication can be at least as powerful as words.

A couple stands closely with their foreheads touching in an intimate moment, symbolizing a connection that might raise considerations around topics like premarital sex. The pair appears deeply emotional and close, set against a serene, natural backdrop.

Sex Is Not About Waiting: Everything You Need to Know About Premarital Sex

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.

A happy, mature couple smiling and embracing each other, demonstrating the strength and harmony that can come from dealing with differences in marriage.

Dealing With Differences in Your Marriage

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.

Growing Stronger Through Stress in Marriage

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.

A couple sits in a green field with trees in the background, with the husband's arms wrapped around the wife. They are smiling, as they have been enriching their marriage with devotionals for married couples.

8 Devotionals For Married Couples To Bring You Closer

It is rare that a marriage hits a crisis point as the result of one move of one person.

Wife holds sick husband's hand in hospital

In Sickness and in Health: How To Face Chronic Illness in Marriage

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.

A couple standing back-to-back, both with solemn expressions, illustrating the emotional journey of how to forgive your spouse in challenging moments.

How Can I Forgive My Spouse?

To overcome unforgiveness, we need to deal with our emotional wounds and let them heal.

A couple holding stacks of cash in front of their faces, symbolizing a lighthearted yet important conversation about how to talk about budgeting in a relationship.

Cash Clash: How To Talk About Budgeting

If you and your spouse argue about the same money issues over and over, it may be time to look below the surface.

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Married to an Addict: How to Help Your Loved One

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.