Susan Miller and her family have moved 10 times, so she’s familiar with the roller coaster of emotions. Susan’s learned that getting everyone connected to the new community makes a big difference in the adjustment.
Marriage Problems
Depending on their ages, children respond differently to the losses they feel from moving. Parents need to help them understand that with all endings come opportunities for new beginnings.
Taking responsibility for a better marriage begins by recognizing your need for help and then creating emotional safety in your relationship.
When expectations are realistic, a difficult reality becomes a lot less difficult. Overcoming blended-family myths.
Bo Stern writes of her husband’s struggle with ALS, confident that amid this trauma and turmoil, God is bringing beauty to their battle.
Visits from extended family members can add to the joy — and stress — of the season. Talk with your spouse before guests arrive to compare expectations and plan ways to support each other as a couple.
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Maybe you’re thinking, How did I get here? Or maybe you deliberately sought comfort outside your marriage. Here are tips to help you pursue healing in your marriage after being unfaithful to your spouse.
We will all blow it sometimes. But if you really strive to limit your reckless words, you will create a climate that fosters openness and closeness in your marriage.
Differences can be part of what draws two people together, but the ways couples handle conflict are strongly related to how they will do in the future.
In John 5, Jesus heals a crippled man and then tells him to pick up his mat and walk. Can our “mats” help us be grateful to and dependent on God—even in marriage?
What if reconciliation proves to be impossible and divorce is inevitable? Dr. Gary Chapman offers hope to individuals starting again on their own.
On average, the high of new love lasts approximately two years, and then every couple has to work toward a deeper sense of emotional love.
While reconciliation is God’s desire for struggling couples, there are all sorts of situations that can bring a marriage to the crisis point. Dr. Gary Chapman offers hope and help for the separated.
What is the key to surviving the holiday family road trip with your spouse?
Dr. Ron Welch, the author of The Controlling Husband: What Every Woman Needs to Know, shares his story of making his wife and marriage a priority.
What empowers women more than anything else? You might be surprised.
Once the decision is made to seek assistance the next few steps can be discouraging if one is not prepared.
Couples who regularly practice any combination of serious religious behaviors and attitudes enjoy significantly lower divorce rates.
Students of the family must consider and appreciate how marriage operates as a formative institution.