Personal Boundaries: Has Your Spouse Read Your Email?

“When you feel yourself becoming angry, resentful, or exhausted, pay attention to where you haven’t set a healthy boundary.” -- Crystal Andrus, empowerment coach and author of The Emotional Edge So, you noticed your email contains a lot of correspondence...

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Financial Fidelity and Money Problems in Marriage

Money problems in marriage easily drive a wedge between partners. Financial fights are frequently listed as a top reason for separation and divorce. Money is more than dollars and cents. For many couples, it is full of personal meaning. Any...

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How to Have a Healthy Marriage: Don’t Forget the Little Things

Ava and Daniel hold hands on the way from the driveway to the front door. They say things like, “Thank you, Babe” for pouring the wine. They smile at each other as they pass in the hall. Ava and Dave are good...

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Bad Relationship Magnet? Singles Therapy can Uncover the Reasons Why

Are you getting over a bad relationship? Again? Do you feel destined to waste years of your life taking a trial and error approach to love before finding “the one?” Perhaps there is a better way. Singles therapy may be just the...

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4 Steps to Building Trust after the Affair

After the affair, you likely contemplated many things: Will you stay? Is there enough love to move forward? Can you accept that life together may forever be thought of in terms of “before and after?” How in the world can you trust again? At...

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How Husbands and Wives can Keep Family Business Conflicts Away From Home

Business conflicts can make your work life stressful. But family business conflicts can make your whole life miserable if you’re not careful. Do you have a plan to keep your marriage safe? To keep family business conflicts in their proper realm, intentionality...

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Online Dating May Lead to Successful Marriages — Why?

If you’re single and haven’t tried an online dating option, you may find that you’re in the minority. But first things first: I am not really talking about online dating, but online introduction services. Many people engage in long-term...

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Family Arguments: 5 Ways Your Body Language Keeps the Fight Going

Tense family arguments become inflamed altercations when just the right facial expression pushes conflict to higher levels. There is nothing like your sister’s rolling eyes to make you feel disrespected. Your partner’s shoulder shrug has an infuriating way of dismissing your...

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