Creating Magical Moments On Valentine’s Day
by Dr. David and Janet Congo Note: This post is the 2nd in a series of posts building up to Valentine’s Day. Click HERE to read the first in the series What do Halloween and Valentine’s have in common? Ha! I wish I could hear your responses. My answer: I often approach both days with […]
What makes Your Heart Sing?
Marriage Moments will include questions and/or exercises to start conversations. They will provide an an opportunity to know yourself and your partner better. Check in with your LifeMate to see if this is a good time for them to answer these questions. If it is not a convenient time schedule a later time that would […]
Are You Holding Yourself Back?
Wisdom From The World: “One of the happiest moments ever is when we feel the courage to let go of what we can’t change.” Anonymous “Humans are born in truth, but we grow up believing lies.” Miguel Angel Ruiz “It’s not what you are that holds you back. It is what you think you […]
The Top Two Ways to Find Your Way Back To Each Other
A new reality hits every married couple once a baby enters your life. Immediately and indefinitely the two of you are dealing with a loss of time, energy, and privacy. Don’t get me wrong. I loved my babies and so did Dave. Yet we called this phase in our life, “New Normal” We kept expecting […]
5 Challenges to Help You Get Your Groove Back
Do you have any idea what the best predictor of a man’s relationship with his children is? Take a guess! It has little to do with how he feels about his kids. It has everything to do with the quality of his relationship with his spouse. (Tara Parker Pope) Yet a husband’s relationship with his […]
How Did Your Love Story Begin?
Wisdom From the World The grass is greener on the other side… Until you get over there and realize it’s artificial turf! – Anonymous Wisdom from the Word “Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion; wise realists plant their feet on the ground.” – Proverbs 14:18 (The Message) Keep Me Real, Lord !“Lord, keep […]
Let’s Connect Around the Topic of Sexuality
Marriage Moments will include questions and/or exercises to start conversations. They will provide an an opportunity to know yourself and your partner better. Check in with your LifeMate to see if this is a good time for them to answer these questions. If it is not a convenient time schedule a later time that would […]
Merry Christmas with love from Congo Counseling!
Love left it’s comfort zone in heaven that first Christmas,Love made it’s arrival as a vulnerable, dependent, human baby.Love grew and confronted everything that was anti-love.Love just continued to love.Love confused us, we were more familiar with power.Without a human demonstration of sacrifice, we would never understand love.We thought we were in control when we […]
The Downside Of Your Upside
Do you sometimes feel as if you have a love/hate relationship with each other? Have you noticed that you can view the same character trait of your partner in completely different ways depending on your mindset? Over the years in marriage counseling, I have listened to clients in the glow of a new relationship […]
Keeping Love Alive!
Something truly amazing happens when we’re infatuated with a new love. We’re generous in attitude, careful with our choice of words, creative in planning, and intentional in action. These loving choices fan the flames of desire, passion and love. Then something happens. We get married. Often with that commitment, something insidious begins to occur. […]