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Persevering in marriage is hard because we get married “for the better” not the worse. Most people don’t get married thinking, “I can’t wait to “hang in there” with this person” or “I can’t wait for that time when we’ll struggle with communication and spend hours in therapy and cry buckets of tears.” Many people…
Are you fighting for your marriage and need motivation to keep moving in the healthy direction? Many of the women I coach and many who read my blog desire to see breakthroughs in their relationships. Based on experience and working with others, a key factor for turnarounds (either personal or marital) is a willingness to…
How do we navigate seasons of uncertainty as a couple? How do we stay connected and hopeful, when the world around us is in turmoil? (Note: this blog post is addressing challenges coming outside of the relationship, not a storm brewing within.) Sometimes it’s hard to fight for one another when we are feeling stressed…
What’s a wife to do when her husband is immature? How can she hold on to herself and her confidence, instead of rushing to fix or “protect” her man? New love comes with hard falls. Falling hard in love, I mean. For some new wives, a grand love can turn into something else when the…
This month at Intentional Today, we are looking at communication in marriage. We started by looking at the options a wife has when her husband struggles to engage. Since I write from a wife’s point of view, someone wanted to know my husband’s story, how he worked through stonewalling and shutting down. My husband doesn’t…
What’s a wife do when her husband won’t talk? How do you grow when one part of the relationship is disengaged? Communication was one of our top issues as a newlywed couple. From a survey I conducted early this year, and more chats with wives, I have discovered it’s a hot-spot for many couples, particularly…