Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
By Jo, Empowered Wife In 2005, I met the man of my dreams: funny, outgoing, romantic, passionate, talented, smart, kind, caring, generous and extremely sexy! I felt incredible when I was with him. We were engaged eight months later and married soon after. After nine years of the ups and downs of married life, I… Read More »
By Empowered Wife Hudi I have been married for over ten years now. I live in a small apartment a bit north of New York City with my wonderful, handsome husband and our four little guys. And we are living happily ever after… That wasn’t the case a few years ago. When I got married,… Read More »
When your relationship is in the doldrums, it’s tempting to blame your husband for the problems. That was my initial approach and it didn’t help matters. At all! I really believed if he would be more romantic, help clean up more and make more money, everything would be great. Turns out the joke was on… Read More »
Imagine if your husband did and said everything you needed to be happy in your marriage, as though he were trying to win the husband-of-the-year award. What kinds of things would he do differently? Maybe he’d redouble his efforts to clean up and maintain the house or show up more for the kids. Maybe he’d… Read More »
By Rachel, Empowered Wife He decided to make the two-hour drive from Pennsylvania to Maryland. I was happy he was willing to come to me first. We met on a cold afternoon. I knew right away that he was my soulmate. Actually, I had known after reading his first email and even his profile alone.… Read More »
When you’re frustrated or stressed about your marriage, the natural thing to do is to look for advice online, like what you’re reading right now. But there’s lots of advice online, much of it contradictory. How do you know which suggestions will bring you bliss and which will have the two of you backing into… Read More »
Sometimes your marriage looks bleak. You wish it were the way you imagined when you said your vows, but you didn’t imagine having cold wars, without speaking for days. You didn’t imagine he would drink so much or that you would find him so unattractive when he does. You didn’t imagine being married and feeling… Read More »
By Kathy Murray, Laura Doyle Certified Master Relationship Coach Before I learned about the The Six Intimacy Skills™, my marriage was headed for divorce. I blamed my husband for everything, never taking responsibility for my own happiness or cleaning up my side of the street, dismissing my own acts of rage and disrespect. I was… Read More »
Being constantly disappointed in your marriage can wear you down and make you hopeless about the future. Maybe your husband disappoints you when it comes to celebrations–he forgets your anniversary, gets you a present that has nothing to do with what you like, or acts like it’s just another Wednesday. Or, let’s say he complains… Read More »
By Mari-Jean, Laura Doyle Certified Coach I have always believed in marriage. I just couldn’t make it work. First married for two years at 18 and again at 35, this time for only a year, I could not figure out how to be in love for very long. In 2003, at age 53, I found… Read More »
