Finding Your Marital North Star

Often times when I work with premarital couples I ask them what characteristics they would like to see in their marriage. I encourage these couples to take time to think about what is important to them in a relationship, write it down and look back on in frequently.  I then talked to couples about using…

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So You Want Respect: How to get respect in your relationship

  You don’t have to go very for to hear someone giving his or her opinion on respect. Some will say that respect is something that is earned; that so-and-so has not earned our respect so we will happily keep it to ourselves.  “No respect for you”- soup Nazi style.   We hear people say…

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Low Sex Drive

There are a number of reasons that can cause someone to have low sexual desire.  These reason can vary depending on gender, age, health, general welfare and so on.  Low libido can have a negative effect on a relationship when only one person is experiencing limited sexual desire. Below I have included a short clip…

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Dear Tara, Lost in the Struggle

  Dear Tara, I am so tired of struggling in my life. It seems like everything I touch goes wrong.  A year and a half ago I left my husband of 15 years because he was cheating on me excessively.  It seemed like there was nothing that I could do to save the marriage so…

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