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Attitudes and Beliefs

Forgiveness in marriage is an important part of what we help couples to do in our marriage counseling. It’s because forgiving your spouse is not as easy as it may seem. The simple fact is that many of us don’t know how to forgive. A big part of the problem is in the way we define what forgiveness means.

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Over our 33 years as marriage counselors, we have heard wives and girlfriends distressed over unfulfilling sex lives with their man. Some have attempted to discuss it with him but to no avail. Others are afraid of saying anything because they are fearful of his reaction.
We have found that [...]

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In our last article, we stated that in our 33 years as marriage counselors that women have complained that most men don’t understand what women want and need sexually. The sad news is that the reverse is also true—that most women don’t understand men’s sexual make up either. So, we [...]

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Uncovering the wounds of the past, can be one of the most beneficial things you do — to benefit your marriage relationship. We uncovered an excellent article on Oprah, explaining why the process of uncovering childhood wounds, may just be the thing you need to restore all your life’s most important relationships:

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If you’re in a sexless marriage (sex less than 10 times a year), you’re not alone. It is estimated that 40 million married couples in America are living in a no-sex or low sex marriage. If both partners are OK without sex, fine. It’s not an issue. But that’s not the case [...]

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The second most common complaint we marriage counselors hear is that spouses don’t feel supported by the other. It’s possible that you might be one of those spouses. If you don’t feel supported, you may feel that you’re carrying an unfair share of the burden in the relationship. And if that’s the case, [...]

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What does commitment mean to you? Most people would say that it means being sexually faithful to your mate. Couples that are truly committed to each other usually make an agreement to having a sexually exclusive relationship. That commitment is extremely important because cheating, by either partner, breaks that commitment and has [...]

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