Category: The virtuous marriage
The Virtuous Marriage series: lessons on virtues like order, moderation, and resolution, applied to married life.
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5 Reasons Why Marriage Is Awesome
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Malini Bhatia of Marriage.com. Although there are various news stories and articles citing the fact that marriage is on the decline, that doesn’t…
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The Way It's Always Been
As you go through family and married life, it’s fairly common that you’ll fall victim to routine. As a couple you have your chores, they have theirs. You sit the…
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This Is Water
Have you heard the commencement speech given several years ago by novelist David Foster Wallace to Kenyon College? There’s a great Youtube video that uses excerpts from it, called This is…
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A Guardian Of Your Spouse's Solitude
One of my clients sent me this quote. It’s a great way to frame what growing up in marriage can look like. The point of marriage is not to create…
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Above The Line Or Below It
This is a popular coaching tool to use when looking at your mindset. It also works with relationships. Above the line: Ownership, Accept and Responsibility. Taking ownership, accepting and taking…
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The importance of laughter in marriage
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ~ Voltaire We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. ~ Agnes Repplier Have…
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How much money makes you happy?
Do you earn enough money to be happy? According to a study from Gallup, earning $75,000 a year is a magic income level in America. As salaries increased for the…
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10 Ways To Be More Attractive
Attraction is a funny thing. Many people believe physical appearance is the driving force behind attractiveness. If you hold that belief, you’d be wrong. While physical appearance plays a role,…
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I Was Wrong
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Michael d’Esterre of Monastic Man. “Honey, you are right and I was wrong.” How often do we hear those words come out…
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Why You Should Treat Every Relationship Like Your Marriage
Many of you regularly read Simple Marriage because of the great information and ideas about creating better marriages, for which I’m very grateful. But what if these ideas were applied…
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Get Serious, About Your Marriage
This past weekend my wife and I celebrated our 22nd anniversary. Imagine if I woke up that day and I could no longer move my right arm. Everything else in my body…