Is Neediness Ruining Your Marriage?
Is Neediness Ruining Your Marriage? Rosanne looked at the clock and couldn’t believe only 17 minutes had dragged by. Seemed like about four hours… Her coach had warned her not to initiate conversation...
View ArticleCarrying the Weight of the Relationship?
Are you carrying the weight of your relationship? Susan stood in the doorway looking at her husband sort the mail and pay bills. He finally looked up, noticing her, asking, “What’s up?” “We ARE...
View ArticleWhy you’re still fighting…
Ever wonder why you’re still fighting? Wish there was something you could do about it? I talk to tons of people who are in relationships that have the same cycle – someone states an opinion, the other...
View ArticleDare #2 of the Respect Dare…
Healthy Identity in Christ = Self-Respect One of the things we’re going to talk a lot about in this journey which started last week (click HERE if you missed), is the relationship with ourselves. I...
View ArticleThe Respect Dare … and His Blessings
Brilliant Light of God After a morning run, I rested near our garden pond and listened to the sounds of water cascading over rocks into water. Glancing back toward the house, I caught an...
View Article3 simple things that will help him keep listening
Help Him Keep Listening Last week we looked at the start-up of a conversation with your husband and how to get his interest in the first place. Getting his attention is one thing – keeping it is...
View ArticleAre you a couple in conflict?
I’m working with a married couple in crisis right now. If I were to share with you the nitty gritty details of their issues, you’d think, “There’s no way this will get better.” What’s so exciting to...
View ArticleHow to Calm Down an Angry Husband
How to Calm Down an Angry Husband Your husband says to you, “You never…” or “You always…” or whatever. Your natural reaction is to be what? How about ticked? Or hurt. Or worse yet, scared. But yes,...
View ArticleLose weight and keep it off…
If there were a way for you to lose weight and keep it off wouldn’t you want to know about it? What if the method didn’t involve copious amounts of exercise and calorie counting, discouragement,...
View ArticleWhat God told me He wanted for Christmas…
I might be publicly asking the people with the white coats to show up this year by saying “God told me what He wanted for Christmas” – I mean, for some, “hearing from God” is akin to “being crazy” so...
View ArticleNew Dare Journey Dare #2: Identity
How do we have such a healthy identity in Christ that we’re able to respect ourselves? And teach our daughters to do the same? One of the things we’re going to talk a lot about in this journey (where...
View ArticleYour Husband’s Love – NOT what you think it isn’t …
I had these great intentions today, but God had other plans. He gave me a revelation of His Word that has been turned into a resource for husbands on the blog. Here it is, because I think if you, as...
View ArticleCan’t Share My Secret…
This weekend, the women from our church got together for a lovely retreat. At the end of the weekend, there was a public sharing time. I wanted very much to stand up and talk about what I planned to...
View ArticleGot Love?
Love your God. Love your neighbor… We’ve heard these as the two biggest commandments of Him Whom we follow. “If I really have a love relationship with God, it will show up in the way I treat my...
View ArticleWhy Won’t My Man Help???
This morning, I exited the house heavy-laden with an enormous pile of dry-cleaning, a cup of coffee, my huge purse, and my keys. I witnessed an interesting phenomenon – one son let the door slam in...
View ArticleA Present for You…
Fifteen years old, waking with tempered hope Christmas morning in a hotel room, I crawled out of bed and walked to the window. More snow on the ground, steam rising from the hot springs, and I felt...
View ArticleI Need and Want a Strong Loving Man…You?
Yesterday, in one of my son’s high school PEP classes, the teacher discussed an ancient culture. When asked how this very old society viewed women, my son answered correctly, that the culture looked at...
View ArticleLove AND Respect…
In the midst of an overscheduled fall (no one’s fault but my own, and yes, that’s sin, but that’s another story) my husband and I discovered a painful truth. We’d taken our marriage for granted. When...
View ArticleEver Been Exhausted?
And sick? And have too much to do, with no one else to do it but you? All at the same time? Boy, do I know how you feel. So in the midst of my self-induced pity party this morning, … Continue reading →
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