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Expectations and Gratitude: How To Change your Perspective

Expectations and Gratitude: How To Change your Perspective

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Digital Distractions: 5 Signs Your Phone Is Killing Your Relationship

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Are You Struggling In A Sexless Marriage?

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Direct and Simple Tips to Avoid Dating Failure

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5 Simple Tips for Successful New Year’s Resolutions

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How to Successfully Weather Life Transitions as a Couple

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Expert Advice: How to Connect to Your Spouse During the Holidays

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Does your Spouse Suffer from PTSD? Ways to Cope and Save your Marriage

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Five Affordable & Thoughtful Gifts Everyone Will Love

Five Affordable & Thoughtful Gifts Everyone Will Love

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Six Surprisingly Easy Techniques to Connect to Your Spouse

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How To Ask For What You Need During The Holiday Hustle

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The 7 Dreadful Actions: What Not To Do After an Affair

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Proactive Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday Season

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How To Talk (and not fight) About Holiday Finances

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Feeling Grateful: It’s Not Just For Thanksgiving

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Why Self Care is the New Black

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Demystified: Why Men and Women Think Like They Do

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How to Survive Coparenting During the Chaos of the Holidays

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Best of the Best: 16 Pieces of Advice

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How to Quickly Reclaim Your Child-Centered Marriage

Child-centered marriages have been a common theme lately. I hear from couples in my office…

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6 Ways to Use Emotions and Improve Your Life

Love them or hate them, we all experience them. Constantly…even when we don’t realize they’re…

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Lots of couples ask me how to keep a relationship healthy. I get it—a lifelong…

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Take a Stand Against School Bullying

I remember riding on the school bus in the fourth grade, getting popped in the…

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How Being Assertive Is Good For You

Just the other day, my husband and I were out running errands when he saw…

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Radical Acceptance: 5 Ways to Free Yourself from Anxiety

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10 Inexpensive & Exciting Fall Date Ideas in Jacksonville

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#RelationshipHelp: 5 Apps to Improve Your Relationship

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Six Questions to Ask Your Partner to Connect

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How To Stay Cool and Communicate About Hot Topics

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Why Putting Kids First Can Kill Your Marriage

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4 Fundamentals to Effective Co-Parenting After Divorce

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Is There Such Thing As Good Sex After Kids?

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Sexual Trauma: Finding Hope in the Darkness

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Couples Who Talk About Sex, Have Better Sex

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How You Can Escape To A Better Relationship

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Yes, You Do Need To Ask For What You Need

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