Marriage

Date Your Mate
Kid CEO: How to Keep Your Children from Running Your Life
by Ed Young
The final, and perhaps most important, idea I want to introduce in this first chapter about setting the agenda is the need to date your mate. Yes, that means actually going out on dates the way you did before you were married.

The Book They Don't Want You to Read
Life Sentence : The Guy's Survival Guide to Getting Engaged and Married
by J. D. Smith
Marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. -Samuel Johnson. I was sitting on a chairlift one day last winter with a married friend and another guy from the singles line. My friend started telling me one of those You'll never believe what my wife did

Relax During the Engagement and Wedding
The Rules for Marriage: Time-tested Secrets for Making Your Marriage Work
by Sherrie Schneider, Ellen Fein
I deally, The Rules for Marriage begin before your wedding day. We believe once you get engaged, a wedding date should be set-no endless engagements. When a man proposes, it should be with a ring and a wedding date within one year, not longer, unless you

Happy Marriages, Do They Exist? Part 3
The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts
by Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee
Many therapists seem to think that the people in a faltering marriage are made of real flesh and blood, struggling with tangible problems, while those in a good marriage are something like Balinese shadow puppets.

Happy Marriages, Do They Exist? Part 2
The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts
by Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee
An acquaintance of mine-a highly regarded psychologist who has done extensive marriage counseling-called me when she became engaged. She said, I want to spend several hours with you, drawing on your experience.

Happy Marriages, Do They Exist?
The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts
by Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee
ON A RAW SPRING MORNING in 199l, I shared my earliest thoughts about this book with a group of some one hundred professional women-all friends and colleagues-who meet each month to discuss our works in progress.

Think INSIDE the Square to Keep Those Love Fires Burning
by Dorothy Thompson
I was sitting in my sanctuary in my back yard contemplating the world's mysteries and minding my own business when a fellow neighbor walked up to me and started a conversation. As he looked a little distressed, I invited him into my little spiritual oasis

His grown children will not accept me. What can I do to keep my marriage?
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
My husband wants to leave me because he's tired of hurting me. His grown children, from a previous marriage, will not accept me and they will not let their kids come around me. My husband wants to be part of his grandchildren's lives.

This is not the first time my husband has not stood up for me
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
A pool salesman was at my house today. He was a high-pressure type of salesman. You know the type. They offer you a better deal if you are ready to sign on the dotted line today. I made mention of the fact that I did not appreciate his type of sales

The Equality Equation: Are You In An Equal Partnership?
by EqualityinMarriage.org
In the early stages of a relationship the intense chemistry and mutual love of Chinese take-out while watching old movies may seem like more than enough. After you've gained that inevitable five pounds that comes with the transition …

Cohabitation Nation - The Real Scoop About Living Together
by EqualityinMarriage.org
While the marriage rate is at it's lowest level in four decades, cohabitation between non-married partners has increased 1,150 percent in the last 40 years. A recent USA Today article attributes this trend to twenty and thirty-somethings being disillusion

Shaping Your Mate
by Bob Grant, L.P.C.
Some years ago, while building my counseling practice, I was constantly looking for the most effective strategies for my clients. The theories in Graduate School were very interesting, but I also yearned for the practical applications.

Take Two? Should You Give Marriage A Second Shot?
by EqualityinMarriage.org
You may have gotten off the roller coaster ride of your first marriage a little pessimistic about hopping on any other attractions in the future. However, divorcees often find themselves in a new relationship, contemplating the pros and cons of riding dow

Has Your Marriage Been Attacked? Can Tragedy Trigger Divorce?
by EqualityinMarriage.org
We all know that couple. They are always bickering, never content - yet somehow it seems they will always be together. Then, out of the blue, one of the pair plays the divorce card, leaving all those involved wondering what knocked them off the fence and

I have met a wonderful man but he is married …
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
I need some advice. I have met a wonderful man. We work in the same organization. He is married and has clearly stated that his marriage is not going anywhere. I have not become involved with him romantically, and have kept him literally hanging on until

She Says That She Can't Stand My Mood Swings
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
Ellen: I have been a stockbroker for over 15 years and my job causes me a lot of anxiety and stress. My wife has threatened to leave me for the first time in our marriage. She says that she can't stand my mood swings, which are tied to the stock market.

She Is Constantly Putting Herself Down
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
I have only been married for 2 years and I really need your help. My wife is a wonderful woman. My problem is that she is constantly putting herself down. She’s not happy with her weight, her looks or her brains. She says things like, I’

Compatibility
by James Lucoff
I often hear about couples breaking up because of incompatibility. The concept of compatibility has been around for many years, and many have accepted this as a fundamental truth of relationships. According to this axiom, people, like chemicals, can be

See More Clearly with the Pre-marital Inventory
by James Lucoff
It is important to understand that the pre-marital inventory is not a compatibility test. Its main purpose is to bring to the surface the conflicts that are in every relationship so the couple can address these before marriage.

Looking for the Positive
by James Lucoff
Marriage researcher John Gottman has made an intensive study of how people interact in their relationships. Not surprisingly, he found that in flourishing marriages the participants express more positive, appreciative comments toward one another than