Spouse walks in, sits down, doesn’t acknowledge your presence, ignores your greeting, starts scrolling on the phone. You’re standing there wondering, “Will it always be like this?”or worse, “Can this marriage even be saved?” Most people would want to lash out at that point. Who wouldn’t? You’ve been lonely for a long time, misunderstood, attacked. …
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5 Steps to Putting the Brakes on Divorce…
Maybe you’re thinking about it. Maybe the dreaded, “D-word” has popped out of your mouth in a sentence. Maybe you find yourself thinking, “I can’t keep living like this. I need to get away from this pain.” Or… “I hate him/her.” Or even worse, “I feel nothing towards him/her anymore. Why am I even bothering?” …
search shows verbal aggression and conflict damages kids (if you are also yelling, you are contributing) – and it takes two to make it happen. Let’s become women of strength & dignity and raise the standard of behavior for ourselves and everyone around us, including our husbands.
15 Ways to Show Disrespect to Your Husband…
Tears clouded my eyes as I lay in bed staring at the ceiling. I wondered if this was all there was to marriage. To life. Nearly a decade into the relationship, I felt lost. Bitter. Resentful. What I didn’t know was the ache in my soul that I desperately sought to fill with the guy …
Looking for Mutual Respect? I remember the first time a boundary of mine was crossed by a friend. I didn’t recognize it for what it was at the time, but I see it clearly now. We were sitting in the theater, around age nine, and I had a box of candy. Over half the box …
6 Mistakes That Destroy Your Marriage…
“I can’t take another day – I feel so alone! My marriage is a king’s delight, cook, clean, work, go to school, take care of the children, make sure the laundry is done, supper on the table when the husband gets in, and lay down and let him have his pleasure whenever he feels. Do …
There is more than one small change to prevent an argument, but today I’ll share one of the ways we see wives go, “WOW!” over. It’s pretty simple, actually, and it works really well when you want to give feedback or help your husband and he doesn’t seem to want help or know that he …
What if you are causing conflicts by accident? He’s complaining and you want to help him, want to encourage him, give him a different point of view… and everything goes south? Wondering what happened? I can’t tell you how many times I see this. And I understand completely – you want to help others see …
If you are married or parenting, you may be interested in knowing the 7 Pillars of Mutual Respect. You may have noticed I’ve been a little sporadic in blogging of late. I’m really sorry about that… and I really appreciate the emails and pm’s of encouragement. I have a number of life circumstances that have …
3 things you MUST KNOW when dealing with conflict
Are you aware of the 3 things you must know when dealing with conflict? I’m an adjunct professor of interpersonal communication and public speaking courses at Cincinnati State College. One of my students stopped me after class the other day and asked if he could pick my brain about how he wanted to help his …