Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
As a young adult, it made me angry when someone implied that men and women are different because that showed they were prejudiced. I saw that as the old, unenlightened thinking. I smugly believed I knew the truth: everyone was the same, regardless of gender. I knew how to be assertive, speak up for my… Read More »
I used to think being vulnerable was a sign of weakness. I didn’t think it was particularly desirable to be weak, so the whole vulnerability thing seemed like something to avoid. I knew I was strong and could speak up when something wasn’t right, which I didn’t hesitate to do. I wasn’t afraid to fight… Read More »
Norita – Empowered Wife Being married to my childhood sweetheart for 30 years sounds like a true happily-ever-after story for some. But for me, it felt more like a lonely endurance test. I believed what it took to be a good wife was competency, responsibility, and wearing many hats–gourmet cook, gardener, wife, mother of 4,… Read More »
15 Things Happen When You Give Up Control The World-Famous System for Relinquishing Control has Unexpected Side Effects What happens when 18 women tell the up-close and personal story of how their marriages were struggling in some way, and describe exactly how they stopped controlling to restore the passion and playfulness? First, you get an… Read More »
Some men go to marriage counseling willingly, but most who go do so grudgingly, and still more flat-out refuse. These men won’t read a book about relationships and don’t seem interested in talking about the problems either. It can be incredibly frustrating for a wife who knows that her marriage isn’t what it could be.… Read More »
Should you ever come clean about what you’re doing behind his back? I got a great note from Theresa, who just read The Empowered Wife and got—really got—that the marriage problems she has been griping about and wanting her husband to change for years are mostly things she has been mucking up herself. She wanted… Read More »
Do you see other men tenderly touching their wives and feel like you’d give anything to be treated that way? What if I could show you exactly what to do so your man can’t keep his hands off of you and came home early from work to see you because to him you are the… Read More »
Valorie Ness You know what is the absolute worst? Remembering times when you were insufferable, pompous, belligerent and wrong, but too stubborn to admit it. I was often that person. A few years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and silently went off the deep end. To say I was unpleasant would be an… Read More »
For a lot of us women, when it comes to our husbands, we have an unconscious refrain jingling in our heads that goes like this: “I know better than he does—I will help him do it right.” With this background music, we quickly develop an air of superiority. We feel qualified to instruct our husbands… Read More »
Expressing gratitude in relationships is one of my favorite Intimacy Skills because it has so much power to change my life for the better. When I express gratitude, whether it’s toward my man or my life in general, my focus begins to shift dramatically. When I take time to look around at what I have,… Read More »
