Before You Give Advice, LISTEN!

"Mike finds his wife’s 'explosion' of anger 'unbearable.' When she gets angry, he tries to neutralize or fix her feelings. He often tries to problem solve before understanding why Stacey is upset. This makes Stacey feel dumb for experiencing and expressing her innate feelings. It also makes her feel like her emotional reality is something to be fixed and not legitimate".....

https://www.gottman.com/blog/understanding-must-precede-advice/?utm_source=Marriage+Minute&utm_campaign=e6a2d4ee65-MM_07312017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56abe07ac5-e6a2d4ee65-135378537

Time to De-clutter Your Marriage

"Life gets so busy. We end up moving a million miles an hour, never feeling truly connected or like we are making any actual progress with fixing what needs to be fixed in our marriage".....

http://onpurposemarriage.co/blog/minimalist

Always More

"We need to keep seeking our spouses, to keep pursuing them, and to keep learning how to love them better. Our pursuit shouldn’t end when we say, 'I do.'".....

http://beating50percent.com/always-more/

Boundaries Are Not a Bad Thing

"Boundaries are a fundamental element of any relationship, business, or organization. Since marriage was created to be the most intimate of all human relationships, shouldn’t it be given more careful thought when it comes to boundaries?".....

http://beating50percent.com/healthy-marriages-common-boundaries/

My Spouse is Changing...What Should I Do?

"...the question becomes less about how much change we each will experience in our marriage, and more about "how will we react to and handle the change?" One constant we can certainly trust in is that God doesn’t change. Hebrews 13:8 says “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” We can rely on and take Him at His word".....

http://www.watermark.org/blog/my-spouse-is-changing-what-should-i-do

Trying Hard Not to be Defensive

"Understanding your partner requires the capacity to listen. Really listen. Couples are advised to hear each other’s complaints without feeling attacked, and as great as this sounds, it’s often unrealistic".....

https://www.gottman.com/blog/listen-without-getting-defensive/?utm_source=Marriage+Minute&utm_campaign=0a8fa47b77-MM_07202017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56abe07ac5-0a8fa47b77-135378537

Peace in Our Marriage

"Being a peacemaker isn’t easy. It’s not the passive existence of “keeping the peace,” or keeping your mouth shut to avoid confrontation. Instead, it’s an intentional, active state of existence that requires you to make careful–and sometimes difficult–decisions regarding the state of your relationship. Seeking and creating peace requires courage and fortitude".....

http://www.symbis.com/blog/7-ways-seek-peace-first-marriage/?utm_source=Devotion+by+Les+and+Leslie&utm_campaign=f271562a41-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e61eb22cfc-f271562a41-138139101&mc_cid=f271562a41&mc_eid=82de7e3bbf