Over the next few weeks, I want you to meet my talented staff.  I have some of the top relationship coaches working with me to provide great help to couples around the world.  And I am proud of the work we do. Why?

Let me just say, from the outset, I AM a fan of romance. That said, I DON'T like when "romantic feelings" are used as the yardstick for a marriage.  If you are dating someone and have no romantic feelings, ever, that is a reason for concern.

I often get emails and phone calls asking, "Why isn't my marriage turning around?  Why aren't things improving?" My first assessment is to see how long they have been trying. (I heard from a guy that told me he had spent the afternoon on the marriage,...

"But I haven't change!," he told me.  His wife said he had.  He claimed he hadn't. "Too bad," I said, "you need to change!  If you haven't, you are already in trouble." He wanted to be the same ol' guy she married.  But he wasn't.  And if he was,

Many of my podcasts come from questions from listeners (if you have an idea for a podcast, email me here).  And that is absolutely true this week.  In fact, it is from an email I received. The question was fair.  So,

I sometimes check to see what people might search on my website.  It helps me to understand what difficulties people are having.  And often, it helps me decide on podcast topics. One phrase appears repeatedly in searches:  "Can I convince my spouse to...

It happens.  You are trying to save your marriage and. . . you make a mistake.  You violate your own plan. And things take a slide backwards. Maybe you aren’t even sure if it is possible to get back on-track. Most of the time,

In situations of traumatic injury, first responders refer to the “Golden Hour” as the first hour (or less) after injury where proper medical care leads to the best chance of survival. I ran into the concept in first aid training as a teenager.

During the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking “survival.”  First, I talked surviving separation.  Then, last week, I covered surviving infidelity. This week, I cover surviving conflict. Conflict can slowly eat away at the connection of a relation...

Last week, I shared a podcast on Surviving Separation.  I heard back from some folks who asked, “what about surviving an affair?” I thought it was a fair question. So this week, I discuss how to survive an affair.  If you are interested,