Great Conversation Starters for Couples I met Dave and Karen at a small group that we were leading on how to rebuild your marriage. I asked them, “What brought you… read more →

Tips for Emotional Regulation Have you ever reacted poorly to someone and damaged a relationship? One time I was in a business meeting and I lost it. I got angry… read more →

Emotional Intelligence is Key to a Happy Marriage When I first started to work with couples I focused on the key issues: positive interactions, healthy communication, managing conflict, forgiveness, trust,… read more →

Couples Praying Together Improves Their Relationship I’ve heard some amazing stories from couples that have improved their relationship. These stories are about healing from affairs, separations, disconnection and even divorce.… read more →

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in a meeting with a group of pastors and marriage ministry leaders. Someone asked the question, “What’s your biggest challenge in marriage… read more →

Reap What You Sow Into Your Marriage I love the law of sowing and reaping in the bible. It helps me to think through what I want out of life… read more →

Feelings vs Facts? Are feelings ever like facts? Aren’t facts, facts? They don’t change, do they? Feelings come and go, but facts are facts. Michelle and I met with Andrew… read more →

Tackling Ambivalence – Part 2 In my last post, I talked about four reasons for uncertainty about committing to working on a marriage. Briefly, here are those reasons: Anger over… read more →

Tackling Ambivalence – Part 1 What do you do when someone isn’t sure they want to work on the relationship? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this.… read more →

Help Couples to Have a Healthy Marriage without Being Their Mediator My wife, Michelle, and I were new at teaching a class for couples in distress. We had just finished… read more →