Finding My Voice
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 […]
Do You Fall out of Like Regularly?
A vivacious young woman sat across from me in the counseling office. She was talking about her marriage and specifically her husband. Her words were, “One day I’m head over heels in love with my hubby and then in 48 hours his very breath annoys me.” Before you condemn her, think back to a time […]
Have You Flipped?
Wisdom From The World: “People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the greatest emotional need.” Gary Chapman “Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.” Emmet Fox “When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our need to […]
Flip Back To Gratitude
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 […]
Is This For Women Only?
How does hiding what you don’t like about yourself impact your relationships? How does focusing on what you don’t like about yourself poison your marriage? How do you put yourself down? Can you accept a compliment? What gets between you and the sense of connection that you long for with your partner? After years as […]
How Do I See Myself?
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 […]
Working On A Relationship
People use the phrase “working on a marriage.” Often we hear someone say these words, “marriage is hard work.” Perhaps that has scared you and given you a reason to shy away from the commitment that constitutes marriage. Perhaps you believe that if it is true love, there should be no work involved. Regardless of […]
Self-Awareness Enriches Us
“The fruit of the Spirit is love.” Is there an increasing concern for each other in our marriage? “The fruit of the Spirit is joy.” Are there increasing seasons of gladness in our relationship? “The fruit of the Spirit is peace.” Is there an increasing quiet in our heart, in our home, and in our […]
Personal Evaluation Time-Out
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 […]
Are You Living Far Away From Your Family?
Are you a transplant from another state? Does your family live in another country? Did a job or a sense of adventure bring you here? How does that reality sit with you now that you are the parent of a baby, a toddler or a child? Perhaps it lands differently than when you set out […]