My Husband Does Not Make Enough Money

My Husband Does Not Make Enough Money

Just think–by the time you’re done reading this, you’ll know how to inspire your husband to be more prosperous. What I’m going to share with you is powerful, whether he’s out of work, retired, or just under-earning. But it is not at all obvious. In fact, it’s completely counter-intuitive. At least, it was for me,… Read More »

How to Communicate with Men

How to Communicate With Men

Everybody knows communication is the key to a good relationship. That’s obvious. But what if it isn’t? I’m a good talker. I started talking early, and I never really shut up. Growing up, my sport was Scrabble. I even majored in communication in college. So when there were big problems in my marriage just a… Read More »

Husband in Midlife Crisis

Husband In Midlife Crisis

If you’ve ever experienced your husband taking what looks like a sudden turn off of family life lane and speeding down immature, selfish highway—possibly in a new sports car—then you’ve probably suspected him of having a midlife crisis. Maybe he stopped telling you where he is, or suddenly isn’t coming home at the usual time.… Read More »

How to Get My Husband to Be Healthier

Healthy Husband

Control and intimacy are opposites. You can’t have intimacy when you’re trying to control the person you’re with, and if you want to be in control, the intimacy will vanish. It’s one or the other. Like light and dark. And everybody knows you can’t control other people, anyway—not your kids, not your spouse, not anyone… Read More »

Getting Over Being Cheated On

Getting Over Being Cheated On

Getting cheated on is ridiculously painful. It’s a betrayal that hurts like crazy and seems like it could be impossible to recover from–personally, and as a couple. I mean, how could he? It’s human to want to make him hurt too, and to yell and throw things. It’s irresistible to berate him. From crying in… Read More »

How to Avoid Divorce by Using Your Feminine Gifts

How to Avoid Divorce

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 »

Alternatives to Marriage Counseling

Alternatives to Marriage Counseling

By the time I was trying to find marriage counselors, things were pretty bad at our house. I wasn’t looking for suggestions on how to improve a good thing; I was looking for ways to hold the marriage together before it self-destructed. I remember knowing that we just couldn’t figure it out ourselves really helped… Read More »

Husband Not Affectionate

When I was at the lowest point in my marriage–feeling completely dejected and lonely because my husband was not affectionate–I kept reading advice from experts who insisted that the solution was to say, “I have a serious concern about your lack of affection.” The underlying premise of this advice is that my husband just did… Read More »

Depressed Husband

Being married to Eeyore is excruciating. You’ve got to wonder why your guy doesn’t just look on the bright side. But that’s not how depression works. It makes sense that you want his depression to lift already so that the two of you can get back to laughing and having fun again. His dark mood… Read More »

Not Attracted to Your Husband?

Not Attracted to Your Husband

When I married my husband, I thought he was the most handsome, smart, funny, talented guy I’d ever met. I couldn’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him. But a few short years into our marriage, I couldn’t remember anything I liked about him. He seemed pathetic, immature, lacking ambition and sloppy.… Read More »