After more than four decades of marriage, I have learned many lessons. One lesson that stands out above them all is that strong marriages are built with intentionality and not through the absence of problems. Whether you are newly married, blending families, or having endured much of life together, this [...]
The first year of marriage is interesting. For some, it’s a time of blissful love, the culmination of a long-term romance and the true joining of lives as they transition from being two people into one heart. For others, it’s a rocky road of compromises and sacrifices. For most, [...]
The decision to get married has always been a significant one, but the approach to preparing for marriage has undergone a dramatic transformation. Older generations entered marriage with cultural scripts and family patterns as their primary guides. Today’s couples face a different landscape, where they are encouraged to examine [...]
At the core of addictive behavior is distraction and avoidance. People with addictions are running from something or someone, whether they know it or not. Overcoming addiction is not a matter of changing our behavior and habits in hopes of getting a fresh start. That part of the journey [...]
There is no reason exercise cannot be included in a plan for spiritual goals. A healthy plan for spiritual goals can include exercise, which is often seen as a physical goal. This goal isn’t a part of a fitness fad. Instead, it is a movement to weave health into spiritual [...]
One of the main reasons marriages end is because one or both parties have had an affair. Infidelity is a difficult subject to tackle, not only because there are many sensitivities around it, from the person who has been subjected to it feeling uncomfortable discussing it, to the person who [...]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has become a term that’s bandied about for people who enjoy tidiness and order, or things done in a particular way. In reality, the mental health condition OCD is a far more severe and disturbing illness, characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts (called obsessions) and repetitive [...]
Many people go through life secretly struggling and feeling unsafe, never realizing that they are affected by emotional trauma. Sometimes it is only much later in life that we begin to realize that we are still affected by something that happened decades ago, often something we thought we had navigated [...]
When you love someone, you want what’s best for them. Challenges come and go in life, but it’s always hard watching others struggle. When those others are people that we care deeply about, the impulse might be to swoop in to rescue or help them out of the situation [...]
People who have experienced any kind of trauma will eventually encounter trauma triggers. These are events and situations that cause you to relive or remember your past traumatic experiences, sometimes to a debilitating extent. You might not be aware of how a certain event has affected you. Many don’t [...]
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