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Faults You Should Not Accept

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Previously I wrote and article about how your feelings can influence your fights with your mate. I have also discussed in the past how we must learn to be ourselves in our relationship and also accept our mate for who he or she is. At times we must learn to look over our mate’s little quirks and realize that if we cannot accept and love each other for who we are then things will likely never work. In the comment section of the first article that I described, a reader questioned me about accepting verbally abusive, critical, controlling, and temperamental … Continue reading →

Does Your Mate Meet Your Emotional Needs?

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Our emotions play a big part in how we feel about our life. Our emotions also play a big part in how we feel about our spouse and our marriage. Everyone has emotional needs. However, some people are more emotional needy than others. In addition the things that may satisfy one person emotionally may not necessarily be what another has in mind. When your emotional needs are met, you feel happy, satisfied and content. However, when your emotional needs are not satisfied you may be upset, depressed, and even miserable. Learning how to satisfy your spouse’s emotional cravings and needs … Continue reading →

Therapist Induced Marital Suicide

Can seeing a therapist actually destroy your marriage rather than repair it? The 1950s is about the time that people really started addressing marital issues and discord in any kind of systematic or institutional way. That’s not to say that pastors and ministers didn’t offer family counseling and moral support, but as an industry – marriage counseling didn’t really exist. The 1950s really focused on traditional marriage with a focus on gender roles. This was the decade after World War II and woman had a taste of working and being more independent. They left the workforce in droves as soldiers … Continue reading →

Celebrity Inspirations – Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

We’re always reading about the latest celebrity split and marveling that some of those relationships last even five minutes in the glaring stage lights of celebrity and paparazzi. So it should come to no surprise that some celebrities take very special steps to preserve their marriages and to keep their relationships steady and strong. Making headlines recently in this very area is Patrick Dempsey. You may remember him from the movie Mobsters with Christian Slater or know him from the part that has launched him to super stardom as Dr. McDreamy on the very popular Grey’s Anatomy. The actor regularly … Continue reading →

Religious Groups Offering More Support to Strengthen Marriage

With so much concern climbing over the decline of marriage or the struggle of marriage in the modern world there are some groups that are taking action to support and strengthen marriage. Among those groups offering programs and developing new programs are churches and other religious organizations. The principles behind many of these programs are strengthening the ties of community that once supported married couples once more. The Religious Community The religious communities are one of the few remaining aspects of small town and local communities that we have from previous decades and centuries. The insulation of the religious community … Continue reading →

Interviewing Your Marriage Counselor – Things to Think About

So you and your spouse have decided to work with a counselor to try and sort out some problems. Your problems may include: · Financial issues (e.g. compulsive spending) · Emotional issues (e.g. trust) · Physical Dysfunction (e.g. sexual intimacy) · Communication issues (e.g. frequent arguments) The type of problems may have similarities in their expression in your marriage, but your reasons for seeking out a marriage counselor are your own. At least until you’ve sat down and talked to the marriage counselor. When it comes to choosing a marriage counselor, you need to be able to talk to this … Continue reading →

Is Your Sex Life on the Skids?

This is a family forum and I’m going to do my best to discuss the following topic in a way that is not offensive. However, as marriages go, having your sex life hit the skids is a problem many couples may face after the birth of children. No matter how active, creative or unlimited their intimacy was prior to children – it seems that having a baby can not only neutralize the interest in physical intimacy, but also cut it off altogether. Identifying the Problem You may think the lack of interest in physical intimacy is the problem, yet strangely … Continue reading →

Marriage Resources: Where to Get Help

One of the problems married couples face together or individually when they are encountering issues in their marriage is where to go for help. The following are some resources you, your spouse or others might be able to make use of when you are encountering difficulties. Domestic Abuse Domestic abuse is a serious problem, if you or someone you love is suffering from domestic abuse, contact the following resources: National Hotline for Battered Women – 1-800-799-SAFE Wife Beating and Elder Abuse Help Center Clearinghouse on Family Violence – 1-703-385-7565 Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence – 1-206-634-1903 … Continue reading →

Understanding: Renegotiating Relationships

It’s critical for people who are getting married to understand that from the moment you seal your vows, your new husband or new wife is now the most important person in your life. They are also your closest relative in the legal and family sense. In our society, our family is based on the identity of our home of origin. This is an important distinction to understand especially as it relates to step families, adopted families and blood relatives. Because these definitions are all intermingled in the category that makes up our place of origin. For example, when you think … Continue reading →

‘Friends’ Star Seeks Out a Marriage Therapist

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not big on celebrity gossip, but there was a little tidbit that caught my attention when it came down the newswire from United Kingdom. It seems that Courtney Cox (known as Monica Gellar in the series Friends as well as the reporter in the Scream trilogy) has engaged the services of a marriage therapist to help out with her marriage to David Arquette. Apparently, an argument between the couple was caught by the paparazzi during a recent vacation. According to the Yahoo News Report, Cox told Life weekend magazine: “I could see how relationships break … Continue reading →