Life is painful sometimes. We lose a job, our marriages struggle, we lose someone close to us, our kids are acting up or possibly worse, our own health is failing. Maneuvering through these challenges requires an enormous amount of time, energy, and emotional investment. It’s hard enough to get through...
Fun Retro Date Ideas (Re-blog)
Day-to-day life has a funny way of interfering with the important things–like marriage. One reason couples struggle is because they don’t have much fun together anymore. It’s not that they don’t have an idea of what would be fun, I just think they no longer make the time. It’s the...
Being a Friend to Someone Facing a Crisis
If you’ve seen my recent Facebook post, you know that I’m in a bit of a crisis. After nearly seventeen years of working for the same company, I am no longer employed by that company. It has been a difficult adjustment to say the least. I find it interesting though...
Creating Authentic Family Connections
As frustrated as you may be with finding better ways to connect with your family—I feel your pain, and I often struggle with finding better ways to connect myself. As I’ve talked to families and couples over the years through my mentoring organization, Centurion’s Watch, one of the biggest challenges...
Achieving a Healthy Marriage by Balancing Alone and Together Time
The long-term success of your marriage (or any relationship for that matter) is being able to create a healthy balance between “alone” and “together” time. When my father was alive, my immediate family would take an annual Florida vacation together. I love my family and we have a...
Conflict Doesn’t Have to Destroy Your Marriage
Marriages face enormous challenges to stay connected with all of life’s ups and downs. And your marriage is at risk of being swallowed up if you are not prepared. In this week’s post, I will build upon last week’s blog where I talked about those repeating “groundhog day” challenges...
What a Movie Can Teach Us about Loving our Spouse
If you have never seen the movie “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray, or haven’t seen it in awhile, let me give you a quick refresher. This early 90’s movie follows a rather curmudgeon, arrogant weather man as he relives the same day over and over—until he finally learns how to...
Unique Valentine’s Day Ideas
Are you familiar with the saying, “practice what you preach”? Basically it goes like this—if I am going to recommend something to you I should also be prepared to do it myself. So here I am a week out from Valentine’s Day and I am still not sure what we...
Loving Your Spouse 28 Day Challenge
Not sure who established February as the so-called “month of love” but here it is and we need to take it seriously. This month, I am going to help you gain a fresh perspective on your marriage. This first week I am putting out a challenge for you and calling...
Kicking an Unhealthy Habit in 2018
A few months ago, I attended my high school reunion. It was great to catch up with many of my former classmates, but one thing I was struck by was how unhealthy so many people appeared to be. I know life has a way of getting in the way of...