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Marriage Advice: Say My Name
A person’s name is the most important word in the world to them. It connects you to your identity. You could be in a chaotic crowd, but if someone were to say your name, even from a distance, you would turn your head toward the familiar sound – even if they weren’t talking to you! […]
“Putting Kids First” Press Release
As you already know, the book I co-authored – Putting Kids First in Divorce: How to Reduce Conflict, Preserve Relationships & Protect Your Children During and After Divorce – is now available on Amazon and reached official Amazon best-selling status. The book was a best seller on the first day of release in 6 different […]
Podcast Episode on Divorce Buddy: Can You Save Your Marriage?
Podcasting is the new radio. And I’m excited to announce that I am featured in the first episode of the Kids First! podcast for Putting Kids First in Divorce, the book I recently co-authored. In my podcast episode, “Can You Save Your Marriage?” I discuss my book chapter “How to Work on Your Marriage When […]
Marriage Troubles: Diagnosing a Spouse
More often than not, upon an initial consultation with a client, I hear some of the following remarks: My spouse has OCD. My spouse has ADD. My spouse is manic-depressive. My spouse is bipolar. And the list goes on and on. When I first began working with couples, the husband and the wife would each […]
Couples Therapy: You Need to Know Each Other
Confronting the problems in your marriage and working through them – together – is the key to making any marriage work. And one of the major issues in a marriage, something that neither spouse might even realize, is not really knowing their partner. You need to know each other. Plain and simple. I touched on […]
My Book Release: “Putting Kids First”
Today’s the day! After a ton of hard work, I’m happy to announce that the book I co-authored, Putting Kids First in Divorce: How to Reduce Conflict, Preserve Relationships, and Protect Your Children During and After a Divorce, is now available on Amazon. Eleven divorce, co-parenting, and relationship professionals – including myself – have come […]
The Invisible Space between Action and Reaction Can Fix Your Marriage
Too often during counseling sessions, I hear married couples make the same kinds of statements: “He made me do it!” or “She caused me to behave that way!” These exclamations are fairly common. And you have probably made your own similar statements to a close friend or family member, venting about your spouse. We don’t […]
Marriage Questions: What Do Surrendering and Forgiveness Have in Common?
Sometimes when we are married, we have to do things we don’t always want to do. We do these things because we love our partner and we know which battles are worth fighting. Often we try and try and try to get our spouse to CHANGE, but we need to realize – sooner than later […]
Why Change Will Save Your Marriage
Many of us will stay stuck in a belief or habitual behavior even if we know our spouse resents it. Even if our spouse consistently expresses that resentment. We are too arrogant or stubborn to admit “a problem.” Or to simply please our spouse and CHANGE. Why change? Because it can save your marriage. Now […]
Hope vs. Expectation
Do you know the difference between a hope and an expectation? Most people would probably say yes. Hope is when you want something to happen, while expectation is when you, well, expect it to happen. But hopes and expectations are more similar than many of us realize. They both involve us having a desire that […]
