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LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Top Secret: I’m Fixing My Marriage. Don’t Tell My Husband When I started fixing my marriage, I really didn’t want my husband to know! And I know I’m not alone here. It’s nice to have the freedom to experiment without your husband asking about it–or being your armchair coach. The last thing you want is having an experiment go wrong and hearing “I told you so!” … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Keep Drama Out of Your Relationship In the bad old days, when my husband John and I used to fight all the time or have cold wars, there was plenty of drama. When I finally discovered The Six Intimacy Skills, along with the Connection Framework of a community and paying forward what I was learning, our house became peaceful but strangely quiet. Often a … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: The #1 Indispensable Practice for a Lasting Marriage Whenever a student tells me that she’s having a lot of conflict in her relationship or feeling hopeless about it, there’s one question I always ask. It’s the same question I ask myself if my husband is bugging me. Then he doesn’t seem so bad; in fact, he seems pretty funny and sweet. And I forget what I … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Wives with Lasting Marriages Don’t Say These Two Things If you’re anything like me, you love having deep conversations with your husband. They’re probably part of what made you fall in love with him. If they’ve gone missing, you may have wondered how to get those started again at your house. And there are two common tactics that you’ve probably been told are healthy but that … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Genius Marriage Life Hacks You’ve been working really hard on your relationship. At least it feels like hard work if it’s draining and takes up so much time and energy. The bad news is you may have been working on fixing the wrong things. The good news is that, no matter how bad it seems now, it’s not too late to save the relationship—and get … Read more…