Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
By Empowered Wife Rachel All of my life, I had my eye on the prize: being married to my one true soulmate. I imagined us laughing together on the couch and gazing into each other’s eyes, deeply in love. I imagined a love of such closeness and comfort that we could have a blast together… Read More »
You’ve been working really hard on your relationship. At least it feels like hard work because it’s so draining and takes up so much time and energy. The bad news is you were probably working on fixing the wrong things. The good news is that, no matter how bad it seems now, it’s not too… Read More »
When you have the vague feeling you have a calling in life that you’re not responding to, it’s like having an itch you can’t quite scratch. Your soul is whispering to you that there’s something you’re here on the planet to do–something important, but how do you find it? Even worse, when you’re not feeling… Read More »
By Empowered Wife Amy Beth I met my husband 27 years ago, the day I moved to a new apartment. We ran into each other by chance in the lobby as he was leaving a friend’s place. He then turned around to come back upstairs with his friend and me to hang out longer. A… Read More »
By Sonya, Laura Doyle Certified Coach “Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.” —Proverbs 21:9 (NIV) I met my husband in college, and disrespect started early—even before we got married. He said he’d always dreamed his bride would come down the aisle followed by a… 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 »
When your husband doesn’t clean up even his part of the mess but just leaves it for you to do or plays video games instead of putting the kids to bed or wants you to notice the yard work he did but never says a word about all the work you do, it can get… Read More »
By Stella, Empowered Wife I’d been married to the man of my dreams for 22 years. Our marriage seemed idyllic to others, but the cumulative pain of having the same arguments again and again was overwhelming us both. On the worst days, when I most wanted him to comfort me, he would avoid me. I… Read More »
If you’re anything like I was, when you fight with your partner you both say nasty things. It can be shocking to see how low this thing you live with will go. And while I’ve said some regrettable things during a fight, the biggest thing on my mind when it’s over is that he owes… Read More »
