Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
If you’ve ever spent an evening with your man or a date and ended up being his life coach, you already know that doesn’t make you irresistible. Quite the opposite, actually. All that good advice you gave him did not lead to more dates, or make him pull you in with both arms and shower… Read More »
If the sizzle is missing from your bedroom, you may think (like I did) that it’s because of circumstances beyond your control. The good news is that the real reason the passion is running low is probably something well within your power to change, which means you have the power to enjoy feeling sexy and desirable… Read More »
One of the most common problems I hear from wives is, “My husband is not attracted to me anymore.” It’s always heartbreaking because I remember how lousy that felt. Like me, these women usually think the problem is either that she married the wrong guy or that her weight, her age, or her post-baby body… Read More »
It may not have been my first rageaholic episode, but I have a cringe-worthy memory of verbally ripping my sister up one side and down the other in anger when I was in college. Her crime? She locked my keys in the car. I could not contain the barrage of ugly words that came pouring… Read More »
What you focus on increases. That’s the law of attraction at its core, and it’s my experience in my relationship too, and what I witness with my clients. When I repeatedly suggested my husband ask for a raise at work, what I was really saying was, “You don’t make enough money.” Eventually, he stopped making… Read More »
Shana was upset with her husband when she got home to find the kids eating candy and playing on the iPad while he worked in the yard. “I just can never count on him when I want to go out. He says he’s taking care of the kids and then I come home to this!”… Read More »
When my marriage was miserable, I was always looking for clues about how to fix it. I desperately wanted to find some key information that I could use to stop my husband from being the biggest loser-pants on the planet. And in a way, that’s what happened. Sorta. I finally found the right information, and… Read More »
At my Cherished for Life Weekend, Gigi told me she wanted to have intimacy in her marriage, but didn’t really know what it looked like. “I’ve been married for over 20 years,” she confessed, “and I feel like I just don’t even know what intimacy is.” I know what she means; I was similarly baffled… Read More »
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 »
Does your husband tell you how to cut an onion? How to drive? What to wear? It’s no fun to have someone barking orders at you like you’re incompetent or a kitchen elf who should do his bidding. You’ve calmly asked him to just relax or have gotten upset about it, and he still can’t… Read More »
