Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
By Empowered Wife Leticia Fall 2012 “I look at you sleeping in bed next to me and I feel nothing.” Those were the devastating words my husband said, staring into my eyes the whole time. As I held back the tears that stung my eyes, I came to understand what the sound of silence was… Read More »
One of the most painful things I often hear from a woman struggling in her marriage is hopelessness about her husband being unwilling to work on the relationship. She’ll tell me he won’t go to counseling. He won’t even read a single book. She’s already exhausted from all the work she’s done on the relationship,… Read More »
Deb Reid, LDC Relationship Coach Training Graduate “I don’t think I can do this anymore.” I froze. I had heard those words before, years ago, with a different husband. That time, I had four babies under the age of six. Sadly, the common factor was me. I stumbled away and drove, sobbing all the way.… Read More »
Stefanie, Laura Doyle Certified Relationship Coach Every week, my boyfriend would drive six hours to pick me up. Then turn around and drive six hours back. Now that was love. Especially since we’d argue most of the way home. Only with the utmost restraint did I manage not to hurl myself out of the car.… Read More »
Angie, Empowered Wife In the spring of 2001 my marriage was in a very bad place. We’d just had the worst fight of our six-year marriage and my husband took our son and left, saying he could provide a better life for him. I collapsed onto the kitchen floor sobbing. We were lucky that my… Read More »
If you’re anything like I was, this isn’t the first year you’ve resolved to improve your relationship. I said it year after year because I was so stuck and didn’t know what to do to get my husband to pay attention to me, be more affectionate, and be more responsible. But this new year, your… Read More »
When my second marriage was on the brink of divorce, I tried going to marriage counseling, but that didn’t get my marriage in any better shape. It didn’t make my husband show interest in me, like I wanted him to. It didn’t make him discipline the children the way I wanted him to. It certainly… Read More »
If you’re asking yourself if there’s hope for your marriage, it means you’re going through a lot of heartache. After all, no one asks that about a marriage that’s full of hand-holding and sweet nothings. That question only comes up when you’re incredibly hurt and angry, and you’ve been feeling that way for a long… Read More »
You don’t need me to tell you how hard divorce is on your kids. You already know, and it’s absolutely no help to your little people for you to be curled into a shame ball about how it might hurt their confidence, learning and social development. You getting stuck in shame isn’t going to make… Read More »
You were born to be cherished by a man. At one time, you took that for granted. You probably started fantasizing about it when you were little, dreaming about the moment you would finally meet, or kiss, or fall in love with and marry a cute boy. You anticipated with great pleasure how much he… Read More »
