Posts Tagged ‘Better Marriage’
The 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 MoreCould Seeking Love and Wanting Our Needs Met Actually Hurt Your Chances of Finding It: How our needs effect our relationship
“Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” –Rumi We all want love. We all want to feel peace and joy. Trouble is we often don’t understand how to go about experiencing these elements. Until we understand what…
Read MoreHealing After an Affair: Questions to better understand cheating
The discovery of an affair can be devastating to both the unfaithful spouse and the spouse who has been cheated on. Deciding to stay together after infidelity is common among most couples. In fact, it is estimated that 80% of couples who experience infidelity in their relationship make the decision to stay together. The…
Read MoreI Need Your Love – Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
The mind is a powerful tool that can help us along our way or hold us back with negative thinking. When our mind becomes flooded with destructive thoughts our life is in turn interpreted in a manner. When we believe that we are unworthy of love, respect or kindness we begin to look for things…
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…
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