A Dad’s Guide To Mother’s Day For New Mothers
So you’ve had a new baby and are riding high, still enjoying that new baby smell, and reveling in the fact that you and your wife made what appears to be a perfect human being together. Or maybe you are more in the sleep-deprived dad zombie stage of fatherhood. Whichever camp you fall in (both?), there is something […]
How To Treat Your Wife To Mother’s Day Without Making Her Plan It Herself
This week’s post was written by guest author, James Browning. It is a tongue-in-cheek look at the challenges of planning for Mother’s Day from a dad’s perspective. Mother’s Day is a great holiday that really needs to be celebrated everyday of the year. Moms really are worth it. They need to be thanked and celebrated […]
Has Easter Impacted Your Relationships And Especially Your Marriage?
Regardless of what all the love songs say, it’s not love or even marriage that gives us a purpose for living. Our faith provides that purpose! In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus calls us to very unique priorities. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all […]
5 Suggestions That Just Might Increase New Parent’s Desire For Each Other
Do Chores Make You Feel Sexy?
After baby transforms the two of you into a family, everything changes. Frankly it takes a while to find your equilibrium. New parents often feel overworked and overwhelmed. Everything is new. As marriage and family therapists we have noticed that often a couple’s thoughts about sex change after a baby. Women can transition from thinking […]
What Are You Doing In My Bed? 10 Differences Between Men & Women After Having A Baby
You and your mate really wanted a baby. Your little one has arrived and you both find yourselves overwhelmed with the enormity of the tasks ahead of you and the enormity of the love you feel for this child. Many husbands tell us that when they saw their baby born, they cried for the first […]
Singles Beware! 10 Signs It Might Be Time to Ditch Your Date
We are dedicating this blog to singles who may have been longing for a significant other to share life with. Perhaps you have just met someone new recently, maybe even around Valentine’s Day. You’ve gone out a few times. Some of you haven’t dated in a long time. Some of you are always out and about. […]
What Do You Do To Recharge?
What makes your heart sing? What did you used to enjoy, prior to marriage, that you just don’t seem to have the time to do now that you’re married? Perhaps you have kids who are in multiple activities. You spend so much time traveling from sports to music to dance and back to sports that […]
The Love Workout
What are the similarities between a great workout and a thriving relationship? With both exercise and a loving relationship, you decide ahead of time that you are going to do what you don’t feel like doing, when you don’t feel like doing it. Your choice to get up and exercise is made the night before. […]
What If You Were Your Mate’s Valentine?
February 8, 2016. It’s early. The world is dark. Many are still asleep. It is Valentine’s Week and I sit alone in silence. I find myself thanking God for both the people that my children married and thanking God for my children. Then I thank Him for seven incredible little grandchildren who are ten or […]