We’ve all been there – wounded and reeling after being mistreated by someone in our lives. No one is immune to being wrong; it happens in every relationship, sometimes intentionally, often not. When people walk into my office, they often bring up painful memories of injustices and times when they’ve felt wronged by the people they love the most. Inevitably,...
Apologizing: I think it’s safe to say that we all agree apologizing is a good thing. We know we need to do it when we are wrong – we value “saying sorry” as the “right” thing to do. Putting it into practice and making that apology an effective one… is a whole other story. Why are sincere apologies so hard?...
Sometimes it is very clear that your spouse is cheating on you: you find lipstick on his collar, someone tells you they saw her with someone else in a hotel, the unexplainable credit card receipts, or you have that nasty gut feeling and the stories just aren’t lining up. There are also times when you wonder if your partner is...
This moment is the worst moment of your life. You have just discovered that your partner, who you love and are devoted to has betrayed you. Your life is immediately turned upside down and you are unsure of what to do, or how you are going to get through the next five minutes much fewer days, weeks and months to...
Valentine’s Day is long over. While it’s nice to have a day set aside to celebrate your love for your partner (hey, who doesn’t love a good celebration?), why not celebrate your love every day? There are plenty of ways to honor and celebrate your love daily that doesn’t involve fancy dinners or eating heart-shaped chocolates. Most people make a...
It’s easy to get into a rut in your relationship. Before you know it, every weekend revolves around your child’s soccer game, a Netflix movie, and Chinese takeout. Think back to a time when you felt close to your spouse. Chances are, your memory involves some vacation or time away. Researchers have found a strong link between romantic getaways and a...
I know a whole lot of people who really can’t stand Valentine’s Day. It often seems like more people dread it than look forward to it. Valentine’s Day gets a bad reputation. People don’t like a lot of things about it. They say it’s cheesy. They say it’s just an attempt by greeting card companies to make more money. They...
My son has been a terrible sleeper. Recently, he didn’t nap all day and then cried for hours and hours during the night. The next morning at church I saw a woman holding a baby who was fast asleep despite all the lights, lively music, and people. Then there was me. Tired, disheveled with unwashed hair, desperately patting, shushing, and...
Have you settled into a boring routine in your sex life? Do you feel that your partner just doesn’t “get you” anymore? Has the daily “I love you” disappeared? You’ve lost that loving feeling and now it’s gone, gone, gone…but wait! Even if you’ve lost the feeling, you can get it back. Better yet, if you’ve still got it, kudos...
Our culture is filled with images, TV shows, movies, songs, and other types of media that are hypersexual. We all know that sex sells. The media creates great sexual expectations—ones that inaccurately portray real life and real sex with real people within a real relationship. Although our culture is bombarded with sex and sexual images, most people aren’t having much...
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