Whether you’re in a pre-marital relationship or marriage, when your relationship works, it's amazing. Everything feels easier in life and you're full of energy and excitement. You feel supported and nurtured, as if nothing could knock...
The secular world in which we live is soaked in negativity. We are continually assaulted by negative messages that are discouraging and they condition us to see our glass perpetually empty and never full. As a result, we become very self-absorbed....
"An ugly truth is better than a beautiful lie" is an apt adage when discussing the authenticity of love. Love is not a feeling, nor can it be reduced to mere words. This is not to say that loving words do not matter, but those words must...
Spring to Summer is such a great time of the year to see that "love is in the air." It is the season of Weddings, Bridal Showers and Baby Showers. I merely look out my living room window and I see couples walking, riding bikes and pushing...
This phrase frequently comes up during the course of counseling. Many have emotional wounds from past and even current relationships that continue to cause pain thus hindering advancement to fuller productive lives. The desire to move on...
The impact of addiction -albeit an addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, Internet, affairs- are equally as damaging to the loved one as they are to the addicted one....
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them." Genesis 1:27-28a So began the first marriage, because, it was "not good for the man to be alone." Âť As...
Don’t miss out on happiness, success, joy, fun, shared meaning, peace, humor, deeper faith, and love. Learn to communicate more effectively. Communication is a skill that can be learned. If you work at it you can rapidly improve every area of your...
I was thinking about friendship, and what a precious gift it is. In the best friendships – which are rare indeed, but all the more precious for being so rare – the friends form a mutual admiration society. Each feels about the other: “How...