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LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Insights from 20 Years of Empowering Happy Wives Over twenty years ago, I was shocked to find out that I could single-handedly make my crumbling marriage thrive using the 6 Intimacy Skills. It was mind-blowing to go from feeling like I’d exhausted every option to try to fix my broken marriage to finding out that I had so much power I could find the switch … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Be Vulnerable in a Relationship Why would you even want to be vulnerable in a relationship? It doesn’t feel like I’m showing my beautiful, tender side. I usually feel squishy and embarrassed or shy, and my instinct is to avoid that whenever possible. So it feels weird to be vulnerable on purpose, but that’s my plan. Sounds crazy, right? Stick with me here. When … Read more…

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…