What do you do when a spouse declares, “I’m not happy,” as the reason the marriage has to end?  Or how about, “You’re not happy,” or “I can’t make you happy”? I have heard this reason given over and over.  It is a common (but false) belief that a marr...

Too many times — in my office, by email, on phone calls — I hear a spouse rationalizing their decision that the marriage cannot possibly succeed because, “We’re just opposites, too different to make it.” But is it true?  Are you “opposites”?

“It suddenly fell apart,” Jenny told me.  As far as she could tell, everything had been great until… one day… her husband said, “our marriage is over.”  Before that, Jenny said, there had been no trouble. Why did it all come tumbling down?

You apologized to your spouse… maybe on your own, or maybe because I suggested it. And... ... Nothing.  Nada.  Zero.  Zilch. No change, no difference. Does that mean that your efforts are over?  That your attempts to save your marriage are a failu...

Audrey wrote me to ask, “I just can’t get started on my marriage.  What’s wrong with me?" She wrote in as a listener of my podcast.  (And if you have a question for the podcast, send it to me here:  Podcast@SaveTheMarriage.com)

Do you settle down with a good book you have read over and over this time of year?  I read my kids the exact same Christmas book every single year.  And many years, I re-read a classic for myself… like A Christmas Carol.  This year,

We continue with listeners’ questions on the Save The Marriage Podcast.  And in this episode, I pull together a central question about “Should we stay together because of this Insert Bad Reason Here?" Several people told me they were still married,

“Should I even keep fighting for my marriage?”, asks “G.” Oof, that word… “fighting.”  I hear it often.  But so many times, when someone says they are “fighting for” their marriage, they end up “fighting against” their spouse.

Over the last episodes, I have been answering listener questions (you can submit your question by email - CLICK HERE).  In this episode, I respond to Susan.  She wants to guarantee that she does not get divorced. So,

When life is hard, Holidays can feel heavy.  When there is a marriage crisis, it can be tough to muster the energy to even move forward — especially when all the commercials and movies push the “merry and bright” of a mythic holiday. And here we are,