Category Archives: Marriage and Family Life

Why Every Marriage Is a Bait and Switch

Someone's real self emerges to us over time, not all at once. I like to ask my couples, when they’re complaining about a particular aspect of their partner’s behavior, “Well, why do you think you would have married someone who…?” Their answer is, inevitably, “He/she wasn’t this way when we married.” Every marriage is a bait and…
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4 Ways to Get Your Partner to Hear You

A key sign of a secure and healthy relationship is the ability to be honest. Having a partner with whom we can communicate freely and easily is a fundamental piece of the puzzle when it comes to achieving genuine closeness. It’s also the only way for the person we’re with to truly know us for…
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5 Human Chemistry Myths That Ruin Everything

When a guy and a girl can understand each other without words, and the feelings between them are sincere and bright, we call it chemistry. You can see that chemistry in movies too, when you really believe the characters, like the actors really fell in love with each other. Due to the abstract nature of…
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