Category: The virtuous marriage
The Virtuous Marriage series: lessons on virtues like order, moderation, and resolution, applied to married life.
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Spousal Complaining Can Be Healthy, And Normal
Recently my dear friend stopped by my house for a visit to let her children play with mine. Over coffee we sat and talked. She vented for a long time…
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Trust … from Buck Naked Marriage
trust: (noun) firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something (Webster’s Dictionary) In most every poll or research study conducted on relationships, a key component…
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How to Date Every Week… Guaranteed!
How to date every week guaranteed. Really? It sounds like something that you would see on a singles dating website or in your spam filter, right? Not necessarily something that…
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Married Life 911 is now available!
Right now, our newest online relationship course is available, Married Life 911. I want to personally invite you to take advantage of this course, especially since it’s being offered this…
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How Do You Get In Your Own Way?
How many times do you find yourself doing something you’ve told yourself you were going to stop doing? Eating that dessert, smoking, turning to porn, gossiping, or whatever it is…
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You Are Already In The Right Relationship
What does healthy growing up look like in marriage? There are two challenges or dilemmas that have major roles in relationships. The emotional reactivity/rationality challenge and the togetherness/separateness dilemma. These…
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Real Beauty
You have probably seen this video before, but it is worth showing again. Do women see themselves less accurately than strangers do? Dove”s Real Beauty campaign says yes — and…
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Should You Follow Your Passion? Must Read Response From Mike Rowe
A couple of weeks ago, Stephen from Alabama who wrote in questioning a now famous speech in which Rowe said “follow your passion” was the worst advice he’d ever received. “Hi, Mike. Let…
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without
When you look around in your house, how much stuff do you see? We surround ourselves with stuff. There’s the stuff you always use, the stuff you regularly use, the…
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Love Notes
A few weeks ago I opened my desk drawer and found a post-it note that my husband had left for me. It simply said, “I love you” and had his…
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Self Sabotaging Your Sex Life
Life is full of distractions. And many of these distractions can get in the way of what we want to be doing. Spending more time with the kids, organizing, completing…