The Marriage Series: Money, Time, and Credit for Good Deeds

If you talk to any young couple wrapping up premarital counseling, the odds are pretty good that they talked about finances and expectations surrounding time during one or two sessions. The reasoning is simple. Prior to entering into a shared life, we are used to making decisions based on our own preferences and whims. As […]

Three ways to communicate better with your spouse

Whether you are early in your marriage, a seasoned veteran, or a young couple just starting out, communication is one of those things that always needs work. During the holidays, relationships often experience strain from familial pressures, overbooked calendars, and financial stress. Ultimately, we all have many balls we are juggling as we balance being parents, […]

The Communication Builder: A New Tool for Building Drama Free Marriages

Each year around the holiday season, married couples report in our coaching calls that it is a tense season often rife with drama between them. We know from experience that sometimes we treat the people we love the worst.

The marriage series: Slowing down to find value

Recently, we asked our Leadership Roundtable participants an open-ended question: What is the biggest communication challenge you have in your marriage? Like many relationships, marriages can be easily strained and stretched when communication is not working. And that stress is a major drama causing factor.  One of the answers we received was, “My biggest challenges […]