It is yet another counseling appointment for Sam who is 13 years old and is struggling in school, home, and everywhere he goes. He has been diagnosed with ADHD and depression in the past but all of the medications have failed to work and his is getting worse, not better. He is a bright boy… (more…)
You are having an affair. This wasn’t intention, you didn’t even see it coming but here you are anyway in the middle of an affair. It started off easily and innocently with a glance when you noticed the other person and got noticed back; it felt good to have someone look at you like that… (more…)
Your spouse is going to rant about something sooner or later. Unfortunately the ranting may even be about the same topic, the same people, or the same circumstances you have heard about a thousand times before. In your response, you are likely to fall into a pattern of defending, explaining, shutting down, minimizing or personalizing… (more…)
So you say that you want your marriage to be better. You read books, listen to others, pray, and talk about the importance of marriage but how committed are you really? It is much easier to talk about communicating and the importance of it for instance, then to actually communicate effectively. The same is true… (more…)
Yes, I know that this is strange advice and most likely contradicts the latest marriage book you read but it doesn’t work in the long run. Sure you can get great results in your marriage by always trying to please your spouse short-term but sooner or later you run out of steam especially when the… (more…)
It’s the little things that count. Too often the big things in a marriage get the most attention while the little things go unrecognized for lack of importance. However, if you can begin the practice of forgiving your spouse for the little things, then when the big things come up it will be a much… (more…)
Try it. Don’t talk about it, think about it or put it off. Just be intentionally grateful about something, anything will really do, which is far better than nothing. Even if your spouse misunderstood your last comment, argued with you over something meaningless, made a thoughtless remark, or turned a casual comment into a lecture… (more…)
Yes, no and maybe. Remember the Hulk? A normal looking man who turn into a green monster in a matter of seconds. As a man he seems kind, understanding, logical, sympathetic, and systematic but given the right opportunity, he becomes unreasonable, angry, aggressive, spontaneous, and violent. In a very simplistic way, this illustration clearly describes… (more…)
During times of tragedy, it is easier to remember to pray for and be grateful for your spouse’s safety, job, health, relationships, and good will. As tragedy has a unique way of highlighting not only the sufferings but also the blessings as there seems to be no shortage of extremes. Yet it is much harder… (more…)
There is a saying in the military, “Never leave a man behind” which should be applied to a marriage. There will be times in your marriage when you are growing or moving faster than your spouse for a variety of reasons. However, if you keep your spouse in the dark or leave him or her… (more…)
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