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Healthy Relationships

Marriage Counseling Wisdom: Power of Commitment in Marriage

Most likely, if you’re married, your commitment in marriage began with the exchanging of vows. The commitment you made to your spouse probably included words where you agreed to love, cherish, honor, comfort, keep each other in sickness and health, for better or worse, richer or poorer, and forsaking all others for as long as [...]

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The Torture of Abuse in Marriage and Relationships

A lot is being said these days about abuse and torture in the military among detainees. Far too many people don’t have to look “over there” to find abuse because it’s closer for them in their own homes.

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10 Ways to Improve Your Marriage – Being Friends

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First, we shared with you the importance of listening to your partner. It was a major factor in your becoming a couple. Because you were able to talk and be heard, you felt cared for and supported. And somewhere along the process, you became friends and lovers. At least, [...]

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10 Ways to Improve Your Marriage – Listening

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The number 1 problem in relationships is an inability to communicate. And, the major problem in an inability to communicate is that one or both partners don’t feel heard. Even when things are going well, we often don’t give our full attention to what our partners are saying. But when we [...]

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Common Traits in Happy Couples

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Researchers for the British wedding-planning Web site confetti.co.uk have compiled a list the “vital ingredients” for lasting love. They surveyed 3,000 married people and discovered some common traits in happy couples:
These are the common traits for couples before marriage:

They met through friends
Married after three-and-a-half years of courtship
Married at age [...]

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