Love
What is the biggest doubt you have about your relationship? Here’s how to cope with the worries, fears, and doubts your relationship brings. These tips are inspired by smart businesswoman and author, Lisa Bloom. Here’s what she writes in Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World: “One of the best [...]
I discovered the most common reason women don’t leave their bad relationships in a book about business, by Amanda Lang. Maybe it explains why you’re still with him… Here, Lang is talking about a management consultant who was a star at work, but stuck in her loveless, unhappy marriage. “Recently divorced, she had known for almost [...]
What advice or help can you give your daughter if she’s struggling with her husband? Here are a few tips for supporting your daughter during a difficult time in her marriage. Here’s what a mother (and new grandmother!) said about her daughter’s marriage: “My daughter’s husband has not been interested in her physically since she [...]
Should you listen to your family’s opinions about your love life or marriage, or follow your heart? Here are a few tips on balancing your family and your relationship. I get a lot of comments from readers whose family members are too involved in their love lives. Lots of girlfriends and wives email me to [...]
The foundation of a healthy relationship is trust, right? These tips will help you build a trusting relationship with your boyfriend…unless he has emotional health issues. Here’s what one reader says: “Please help me. My boyfriend has trust issues and is really depressed right now. I tell him I’m here for him and I care [...]
Here’s the best list of relationship questions I’ve gotten from a reader – plus my tips on finding the answers. “Dear Laurie, I am in a long distance relationship, and we’ve been together for only 4 months…sometimes doesn’t reply to my messages (his mom died a few months ago), and he is supposed to visit [...]
Love is risky, and the only guarantee you’ll be happy is if you accept the fact that your new relationship may not work out. Here’s how. These tips are inspired by a comment from a woman who is cheating on her husband, and scared her new relationship won’t work out… “I have been so happy [...]
Sometimes it’s easy to see a relationship is over, because the ending is natural and mutual. Most of the time, however, it’s hard to know if your relationship is ending or if you’ve just hit a rough patch. “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a [...]
The power of prayer in marriage is more than “just” a spiritual connection with God! Praying with your partner can change how you see your relationship, and bring you closer together. Here are a few reasons I love praying with my husband, plus a few tips for praying with your partner. “Prayer does not change God, but it changes him [...]
Here are several reasons you can’t leave your relationship, even though you know it’s unhealthy and even abusive. Here’s what one reader says: “I’m a prisoner in this house, I don’t know how to get away from him, I know he loves me, but I’m so tired of being controlled and verbally and emotionally abused. [...]
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