This age-old question is not only one teens are asking, but also women in their twenties, thirties, and beyond. With marriage often delayed and second marriages more common, women of all ages find themselves wondering about physical boundaries in dating. If you are asking this question, first of all, good for you! More and more…
No one wants a tutorial on divorce. No one walks down the aisle planning for the marriage to end. At least not in a healthy relationship. Yet there is one particular thing any couple can do to significantly increase their chances of divorce. It’s simple: disconnect. I’m not talking about disconnecting from each other. I…
As a psychologist, I’ve spent time with hundreds of unhappy couples. They usually arrive with many stories to tell about how their partner has upset and disappointed them. Rather than having them repeat their laundry list of complaints, I try to switch things up. Often, I ask them to tell me what their partner is…
There are some things I say to my husband in anger or frustration that even make me cringe! In the fires of impulsivity, emotions rage and words fly. Certain phrases seem to slip out undetected and unannounced, without forethought or deliberation. Regret immediately surges through me and I automatically wish I would’ve just kept my…
Do you have the courage to forgive the person who hurt you the most? Of all the words written in my new book Forgiving Others, Forgiving Me–those are the words that still haunt the most. It’s taken me over a decade to be able to share my story publicly. I, along with David (see Psalm…
