What it Means to Be On the Same Page With Your Spouse
One of the most frequent desires I hear from married people is, “I wish my spouse and I could get…
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Three Keys to Lasting Love
Valentine’s Day is coming up next week. If you’re a wife, you may be thinking, “I hope he remembers!” If…
5 Things to do After a Fight with your Spouse
Chances are good you and your spouse have had a fight. Perhaps you even had a fight during the just-ended…
Use the Conflict in your Marriage to bring you Closer
Fights where you or your spouse use words or fists (or anything else) to hurt or manipulate the other is…
4 Ways to Change the Dance in Your Marriage
A relationship is like a dance. You and your spouse have fallen into some ways of relating that seem “normal.”…
Having the Sex Talk with Your Spouse
There’s not a couple who comes to marriage where both partners have the same desires, expectations, or internal “map” around…
How to Start a Difficult Conversation with Your Spouse
Perhaps your spouse isn’t picking up the hints you’re dropping. Things aren’t going well, and perhaps you find it necessary…
How to Transform your Marriage Communication
The communication in your marriage could certainly be healthier. You fight, nag, yell, criticize, or give your spouse the silent…
How to Open the Door to Intimacy
The need in the human heart for intimacy is deep. God created you and me for intimacy. One of the…
How to Listen for God’s Voice
We communicate with the people we care about. There’s no relationship without communication. It’s the same with you and God.…
What is Your Communication Style?
Relationships can’t survive without communication. In marriage—the closest relationship on earth, communication breakdowns are both common and destructive. When asked,…
How to Have a Money Talk Without Fighting
Are you rarely or never able to agree with your spouse when it comes to money? Is one of you…
How to Get what you Want from your Spouse
You’ve tried to change your spouse, but it’s not working. You need them to communicate better. That annoying habit of…
What God’s Communication can teach us about Communication in Marriage
When we asked couples what they struggle with, communication was Number One. It can feel as though you and your…
Translation Aids for Man-Speak and Woman-Speak
Perhaps Rosetta Stone, the language learning/translation software, should develop a program to provide translation aids between men and women. Listening…
Say This, Not That: Healthy Communication Examples for Marriage
Communication can be difficult. You and your spouse seem to speak different languages. Attempts at talking seem to end up…
The Key to Solving Communication Problems in Your Marriage
If your attempts at communicating with your spouse leave you frustrated, angry, and feeling even more distant, you’re not alone.…
When Your Spouse Will Not Communicate: 5 Things to Do
Communication is the fuel relationships need to thrive. When you first got together you couldn’t stop talking. But now you…
Avoid these 8 Mistakes in Communicating with your Spouse
“Honey, we need to talk.” How does that work out for you? Do you end up in a screaming match?…
HOLD the Communication! Do These Things First
The usual ways you and your spouse communicate lead to predictable results; frustration, anger, withdrawing, or fighting. Is it even…
6 Ways To Answer When Your Spouse Asks, “What’s Wrong?”
Your spouse: “What’s wrong?” You: “Nothing.” How’s that been working? Probably not very well. And it may even be making…
7 Conversation Starters with your Spouse
Communicate. Communicate. Communicate. Yes, that’s the secret of a great relationship. Although good communication between husband and wife is so important, it may not seem easy to do.
“But I have nothing to say. What do we talk about?”
That’s why you’re reading this! If things tend to be somewhat silent between you, here are some suggestions for conversation.
