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INSPIRATION!
A collection of articles and videos from various sources that we have chosen to educate, guide, and inspire you, no matter where you are on your marriage journey.
10 Two-Hour Dates for Busy Parents
by Courtney Rohrdanz | iMom A few years ago, before my husband and I became parents, we were pretty awesome at keeping a regular date night. And we had good date ideas—our excursions tended to be big and bougie. We would try new and exciting restaurants around the city, take day trips to a nearby, off-the-beaten-path beach, or even sneak in a weekend getaway to a city we had yet to explore. As time passed and we added two young girls to our family, our monthly date nights
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10 Things Husbands Want to Hear From Their Wives
As Mark Twain once said, “I can live for two months on a good compliment.” I agree. There is nothing like specific and detailed praise...
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5 Compliments Your Wife Wants to Hear
You don’t have to be a husband very long to know that your words matter. Words can build someone up or tear them down. My wife’s love...
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What Kind of Date Night Do You Need?
“Oops, sorry. We can’t talk about the kids tonight.” This is what my husband and I kept saying roughly every five minutes while on our...
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3 Ways to Make Your Married Arguments Productive
Elie Wiesel wrote, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” And divorce usually happens because one or both spouses became...
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10 Marriage Intentions for the New Year
My friend Tom likes to make resolutions. I think it’s because resolutions sound grand, and also because once he breaks one, he can quit...
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What to Read to Set Your Relationship Up For Success
Article published July 29, 2021 Don’t know where to start? Here are the books and programs to get your love on the right track Like any...
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3 Ideas to Keep Improving Your Marriage
I recently saw a social media post that said “Marriage is just texting each other ‘Do we need anything from the grocery store?’ until one...
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10 Fill-in-the-Blanks That Can Change Your Marriage
Before I got married, my husband and I had to go on a weekend marriage-prep retreat. It was memorable. I recall one girl crying in the...
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New Traditions
In October of 2014, Tommy and I found ourselves sitting in a little Italian restaurant in Lake Charles. We had been dating for six months...
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20 Great Conversation Starters for Great Marriages
One of the most dangerous threats to great marriages is lack of interest—and not just interest in sex, but interest in everything. This...
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This Part of Your Week Can Change Your Mundane Marriage
The mundaneness of life can get to all of us and it can creep into a marriage. For a while, I felt like my relationship was on autopilot....
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5 Tips for Bringing up the Tough Stuff With Your Husband
A few weeks ago, my husband and I took advantage of some free babysitting. (Thanks, Mom!) We went out to dinner and while we waited for...
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7 Reasons Why ‘Getting Away’ is Good for Your Marriage (and 10 tools we use for affordable travel)
Getting away with your spouse is a vital part of keeping things renewed and fresh. There’s just something special that happens when you...
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5 Things Your Husband Won’t Know Unless You Tell Him
“I am not a mind reader!” If I had a nickel for every time my husband said these words to me, I’d be a very rich wife. Unfortunately, I...
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The Importance of Adventure as a Married Couple
THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVENTURE AS A MARRIED COUPLE I’m a Christian mental heath therapist. I work with married couples from all walks of...
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5 Simple Date Night Ideas for a Fun Marriage
Stale is probably not the way you want to describe your marriage—not now, not ever. But the path to keeping a marriage fun, fresh, and...
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Five Lessons from the First Year of Marriage
In writing this I feel as if I’m writing a love letter of sorts to my husband. Marriage can be hard, but what good thing doesn’t take...
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Divorce Rate Cut in Half for Couples Who Discussed Relationship Movies
Love Story, 1970 Pdf link for list of movies and discussion questions. A new study finds that watching and discussing movies about...
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Strengthen Your Relationship by Getting Good At Making Up
Conflict looks like it is the biggest problem in relationships, but according to Dr. John Gottman, the amount of conflict in a...
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How Conflicts Help You Understand Your Partner
Does this sound familiar? You think the conflict is about who is going to pick up your child after school. It’s going to be a simple...
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The 8 Benefits of Praying With Your Spouse
When I was in college there was a girl I really didn’t like. Every time we were around each other we rubbed one another the wrong way. I...
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The Importance of Date Night
They call it the seven-year-itch for a reason: the fact is, falling in love is really not that hard. Staying in love? That’s another...
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The Healing of Memories | Cooperating with Grace To Heal From Past Sins
Like most men who survived their twenties, I was a regular consumer of pornography. Not occasionally, and not compulsively, but somewhere...
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