How Should You Handle Affair Details?

May 18th, 2012

After your spouse’s affair struck a mortal blow to the very heart of your marriage, you know you need a tremendous amount of “life support” to save your marriage.

Your marriage has no chance of surviving the infidelity until you satisfactorily resolve how you will handle the details of the affair.

You and your spouse, with committed effort, can survive an affair. But you need to decide how to discuss these painful details—or even if you should, and how to handle them if you do.

In this post, I’ll provide you with 3 steps that will help you make this far-reaching decision. Keep reading…

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One Solution in 3 Steps for Rebuilding Your Marriage

April 27th, 2012

Marriages can often resemble battlefields: lines are drawn, you stick to your guns on every issue. You dig in on your side, your spouse digs in on the other side. Neither of you will give an inch—it’s as if your very lives are dependent on being “right.”

This makes for some kind of living arrangement, doesn’t it?

Intimacy falls by the wayside, and you no longer enjoy one another’s company. In this blog, we’ll look at how compromise can boost intimacy and improve your marriage in three steps. Please keep reading…

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Post-Affair: Choose Your Confidantes Wisely

April 20th, 2012

Your spouse cheated, and you are overwhelmed with negative thoughts and feelings. You may feel that if you don’t confide in someone, you may explode from the internal pressure and strife.

Before you share your spouse’s wrong-doing with other people, think twice.

In this blog, I’ll go over the danger of confiding the details of your spouse’s infidelity to friends and family, and how it could hurt your chances for saving your marriage. Read more…

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What to Do When You Suspect Infidelity

March 29th, 2012

Do you suspect your spouse is cheating on you?

Many spouses report having had a “feeling” that their significant other had begun to stray outside of the marriage. It’s a devastating feeling, to suspect infidelity but not know what to do about it.

In this blog, I want to give you tips on what you can do if you suspect infidelity, so you can take steps to repair your marriage while you prepare for the emotional pain you will feel. Read on…

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After the Affair: Is Your Marriage Kaput?

January 20th, 2012

Your marriage may have had ups and downs, and you’ve weathered a lot of rocky terrain together as a couple.

But if your spouse has cheated, after the affair you’re wondering: is it over for us?

Coping with an affair (or other traumatic event in your marriage) is one of the most difficult emotional experiences you can experience. In this blog, we’ll look at the difficult question of whether or not your marriage is over, and 3 steps to help you in your decision. Please read on…

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Saving a Marriage: Does Your Spouse Still Love You?

January 13th, 2012

If your spouse has cheated on you, one question that you may have asked yourself is, “Does my spouse still love me?” You wonder how to go about saving a marriage that may lack love.

You look at it from your perspective: you love your husband or wife, and you could never cheat on him or her and cause them that kind of pain. So, if your spouse really loved you, how could they do this to you?

In this blog, I will give you some insight about the relationship between cheating and love of a spouse, and offer you two steps on how to think about the question of whether or not your spouse loves you. Read on…

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How to Stop a Divorce Until You’re Really Sure

December 23rd, 2011

Are you worried that you’ve tried everything, and still your marriage is on the verge of divorce, and you don’t know how to stop a divorce from happening?

Many people have tried their best to put their marriages back together again, and desperately need insight about whether or not it’s time to end the marriage, get a divorce, and move on.

In this blog, we’ll explore the issue of divorce, and three steps to take to stop divorce decisions from happening until you’re truly ready to decide. Keep reading…

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Healing from Infidelity: 3 Steps to Empowerment

December 8th, 2011

Healing from infidelity means getting your own two feet solidly beneath you once again.

But healing from infidelity may seem unfathomable to you at the moment: what about all of this post-affair pain you’re going through?

In this blog, I want to provide you with 3 steps toward post-affair empowerment so that healing from infidelity takes place sooner rather than later. Please keep reading…

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Does Marriage Counseling Work?

November 21st, 2011

Your marriage may be struggling, and you may have considered seeing a marriage counselor but wonder, “Does marriage counseling work?”

As with most things in life, there is not one clear answer.

In this blog, I’ll explain why many are skeptical about marriage counseling: statistics that aren’t too promising when it comes to answering “does marriage counseling work.”

However, you won’t leave this article without first taking two ideas with you for how to start down the road of saving your marriage. Keep reading…

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Time Out: Not Just For Kids

October 7th, 2011

We just looked at eliminating rampant anger in a blog a couple of days ago. But let’s not kid ourselves: even if you don’t have rampant anger, there will still be conflict. It doesn’t have to boil over into a full-fledged argument or heated battle, though, if you manage the conflict appropriately.

There is a technique I want to share with you that may very well save your marriage because it will help you get a grip on that runaway anger. Please continue reading…

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