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

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

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

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

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Have Your Best Relationship Having your best relationship may feel impossible if your marriage is struggling. You might think, like I once did, that you’d need to start over with someone new in order to have a good relationship. When you’re in a lot of pain because of fighting or feeling abandoned, it’s easy to dread the future, hard to picture your marriage becoming

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How You Can Help End World Divorce Ending world divorce may sound to you like one very tall order. It might seem like something so big and overwhelming that you can’t imagine how it could happen, never mind how YOU could contribute to such a lofty goal. After all, relationships are falling apart everywhere you look, and it seems so normal, so business-as-usual to hear about

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Myths About Relationship Coaching If you’re like me, having been to personal and couple’s counseling plenty but never having had a coach except in school sports, then counseling is probably your point of reference when you picture professional help with your relationship. That’s all any of us had for a long time. If you’ve already been to marriage counseling, as so many people have, and that

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: What is a Ridiculously Happy Wife? Part 2 Last week you heard Part 1. This week, I’m sharing the rest of the Empowered Wife Session on “How to RSVP ‘Not Attending’ When you’re invited to an Argument” from my paid program. If you missed What is a Ridiculously Happy Wife Part 1 last week (episode #83), check that out first to get the most value from

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: What is a Ridiculously Happy Wife? Part 1 One of the things that feels nearly impossible to do when you’re really struggling in your marriage and feeling like it’s hopeless, is to make yourself happy. When you’re so depleted and hurt from the things he’s said to you, or the way he’s treated you for so long, hearing me talk about being ridiculously happy might feel

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Eavesdrop on a Master Relationship Coach at Work I’m excited to share this with you because group coaching is foundational in all of our programs at Laura Doyle Connect, even private coaching, because it was the magic of a group in my living room 20 years ago that helped me make the leap from someone who had a bunch of bad habits that were draining the

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Become a Relationship Coach We’ve been getting a lot of questions about that, so I’m going to pull the curtain back and reveal the process, and even tell you what the next step is. Maybe your marriage is painful right now, and you have a hunch that training to become a coach would put it right again. That’s a great reason to become a

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 4 Steps for Making Your Cold Marriage Hot If you’ve ever wondered if your husband even loves you anymore, then you’ve experienced him being distant and cold, or more interested in his phone or the TV than spending time with you, like my husband was. Or your husband disrespects you, speaking harshly and criticizing your parenting or housekeeping. Either way, it’s so angering and hurtful. You’re

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: You NEED This One Thing to Fix Your Marriage Sometimes your marriage looks bleak. You wish it were the way you imagined when you said your vows, but you didn’t imagine having cold wars, without speaking for days. You didn’t imagine he would drink so much or that you would find him so unattractive when he does. You didn’t imagine being married and feeling like a

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Stop Resenting Your Husband in 3 Simple Steps When your husband lets you down again and again, it’s discouraging. You don’t want to feel so resentful, but how can you help it when you can’t count on him to do what you know would make things so much better for your marriage. What if it’s been years that you’ve felt resentful toward him? How are you

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Questions to Ask Before You Divorce Ending your marriage is a huge decision, and if it’s a question you’re considering, it’s probably weighed heavily on you for a long time. And that’s very tiring. Nobody considers divorce unless they’re really hurting and hopeless that things will ever get better. You’d like answers. What’s the best path? Which choice will make you happier in the long