Emotional connection is the glue in marriage. The stability of a marriage is largely dependent on how strong a couple’s sense of “WE” is and how connected they feel; in married life, couples need to learn to stay emotionally connected regardless of the…
You know that your marriage is getting frayed around the edges; and yet you think the relationship can be healed, so you want to go on staying in the marriage. However, you are unsure of what your spouse thinks about the relationship; probably…
Codependency means excessive reliance on one person; it is an unbalanced, unhealthy connection; in a codependent marriage, the codependent spouse devotes too much time to pleasing his/her spouse; and even the codependent spouse would rather give up his/her personal identity, needs, and interests…
The maintenance of marriage requires consistent and sustained work; and it takes faith, trust, love, teamwork… But currently we are in a disposable society, and our serious relationships also seem to have become quite disposable. Although having an affair is dangerous for marriage,…
In married life, a spouse’s critical side may rear its ugly head in the heat of the moment. Actually, most couples deal inefficiently with criticism in marriage; although criticism exists in healthy marriages. But constant criticism can be incredibly painful and toxic in…
If you are hit with the bombshell that your spouse wants to end the marriage, you must feel frustrated, stressed, confused, or even angry because you think you always work hard to sustain the marriage; and I bet you are still trying to…
The marital separation is stressful, painful, and scary; at that stage, the married life feels like a train wreck. If you and your wife have separated, you must be aware that separation is not the ultimate solution; you two will possibly be headed…
Controlling people are all around. And controlling behavior in marriage seems so common. Some spouses admit that they are controlling, but some spouses may have not recognized the controlling behavior of their own. In the long run, controlling behavior can erode the connection…
What you are against may be a part of your life. But when you are against something that you hate, that thing occupies more space in your mind; for example, if you are against the extreme cold weather, you naturally focus more on…
For a lot of couples who are suffering from marital crises, they think they have tried everything to make their marriages work, but actually, there are still a lot of things that they can do to save their marriages; and they just fall…