Posts Tagged ‘Better Divorce’
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…
Read MoreHow to be Happy: The role true forgiveness plays in regards to our happiness.
True Forgiveness: At one time or another we all find ourselves uttering the phrase, “I’m not ready to forgive, yet”. When I talk about forgiveness in my office, resistance is not an uncommon response. We resist because we lack the understanding that true forgiveness has more to do with our own peace of mind…
Read MoreThe Run Away Horse Story: You never know what will come out of any situation
There once was a farmer whose horse ran away. When the farmer’s neighbor found out about the runaway mare he told the farmer it was too bad that his horse ran away. The farmer replied to his neighbor, “You never know”. The next day the farmer’s horse returned followed by a beautiful stallion. The…
Read MoreSimple Marriage Advice
There are a few pieces of advice I find very helpful when working with couples in my office. People are often not as bad off as they think. The key is to get them to really listen to what is under the complaining. Getting them to calm down so they can hear is…
Read MoreTragedy, How Can It Help a Marriage
Great tragedy, like an affair, penetrates directly to our most guarded areas, tearing away our protective ideals and comfortable apathy and leaving us vulnerable to the elements of our environment. We are left to grieve the loss of what could have been. “We could have had a marriage free of adultery”. Many…
Read MoreBook: A Return to Love
A Return to Love By: Marianne Williamson As someone who has no religious affiliation, this is a great book for atheist, agnostics, non-believer, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists or what ever you may be. I start off saying this because there are a number of references to God in this book that may cause non-Christians to put…
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