Respecting and Appreciating Your Spouse The Superpower That Can Transform Your Relationship What if you’re struggling to respect or even like your spouse? What if your relationship feels more frustrating than fulfilling? That’s exactly what one woman asked author and...
4 Daily Touch Points Staying Emotionally Connected in a Busy Marriage When Jay and I were newly married, I hated leaving him in the mornings. I looked forward to seeing him at the end of every day. Just knowing we’d have that time together made me smile. Being with...
10 Traits What Makes a Happy Couple? Both my husband, Jay, and I come from families where marriage didn’t last. His parents divorced when he was just 9. My parents waited until I was heading off to college. The most jarring part of their divorce was how blindsided I...
The First Year of Marriage Challenges I was having lunch with my friend Melissa, chatting about her job, when the conversation shifted to her new marriage. She and her husband are in that “first-year shuffle” stage—figuring out what it looks like to build a life...
Can Opposite-Sex Friendships Hurt Your Marriage? Can you have friends of the opposite sex when you’re married? It’s one of the most common (and complicated) relationship questions couples face — and the answers aren’t always black and white. These days, many people...
