Three Ways to Radically Change Your Love Life In Less Than 10 Minutes A Day
In 2016, Congo Counseling (www.congocounseling.com) desires to be your on-line encouragement six days a week to help you make your love relationship a priority. We get it. You are busy people! Among our readership are engaged couples, newlyweds, and couples who are experiencing their first baby. Then there are those who are raising children and […]
A Moving Metaphor Pt 2
This week and last we have been featuring guest blogger, James Browning, a regular writer for Epic Life Creative. He will be sharing some of his observations on marriage during his recent cross country relocation. #4. There Is Not Enough Time My job permits me to work from home. This has a lot of obvious benefits, but some […]
A Moving Metaphor Pt. 1
This week and next we will be featuring guest blogger, James Browning, a regular writer for Epic Life Creative. He will be sharing some of his observations on marriage during his recent cross country relocation. To view part 2 click HERE For some people, marriage is defined as a series of stressful events. Health problems, layoffs, […]
3 Unromantic Beliefs That Help A Marriage Thrive
I am capable of living without you even though I would prefer not to. In contradiction to the words of this popular tune “I can’t live, if living is without you” the best relationships are not based on desperation. If one is desperate for the other he/she believes that one’s lover will make life better […]
Be Unapologetically You
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 […]
5 Beliefs Demonstrating That I Value My Mate’s Uniqueness
We are attracted to each other because of our differences. Then after we have fallen in love, we “pretend” that we are so similar. Anytime after six months to two years, that “temporary insanity” begins to fade. We find ourselves in shock. What just happened? We begin to doubt who this person really is, that […]
Do You Keep Disappearing In Your Relationship?
It takes two to create a relationship, yet we don’t really learn that until we’ve fallen out of like with each other. Until we hit reality and find ourselves in the beginning stages of differentiation. When we are seeing the down side of our mate not just the up side. When we are sometimes disappointed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]