Toxic relationships are not necessarily made up of bad people. They are made up of at least one broken person who wants love but doesn’t know how to give it without also giving some of their baggage to the other person, and another broken person who accepts or tolerates the baggage because it’s the only […]
Single or Dating
Q&A How Long is too Long to Wait on a Ring?
Q. I’m 39 and I have a 12-year-old daughter. I want more kids before it’s too late, so I’ve been waiting 9 years for my boyfriend to propose. We set a date at least 4 times and each time he changed his mind. We don’t argue as long as I don’t bring up marriage. He […]
Q&A Help! I’m Repenting More Than Abstaining
Q. My boyfriend and I have been dating for 7 months. We talked about getting married after he finishes his Master’s degree. But for now, we are trying to remain abstinent until we get married and are finding it very hard to do. We have to repent more than we would like to and end […]
Marriage
10 Ways to Create a Happily-Ever-After Love Story
Last year, the world watched as Meghan Markle became a real life princess; complete with a horse, carriage, and most importantly, a prince. Every girl loves a good love story. It was fun and intriguing to watch their love story unfold, almost daily, on media outlets. But as I sat and watched the royal wedding, […]
Using your Soulmate Personality Type to Improve Communication Problems in Relationships
“We have communication problems,” says just about every couple who comes to counseling. Some of them even start to think they married the wrong person because they simply don’t understand each other. Communication problems are unavoidable between any two people who are: born differently, raised differently, and love differently. And most likely, you will always […]
8 Ways to become Friends with Your Husband or the man you love
Last year I met with a couple who had been married over 20 years. A year after their youngest child left for college, they realized they were married to strangers. The only time they talked was when they were talking about the kids. The only time they spent together was at a school or sports […]
