Category Archives for "Marriage"
Vowing to Stay Married
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 January is stereotypically known for being the healthiest time of year; we start diet and fitness plans with a new resolve to live longer, happier lives. However, there is another common practice that isn’t so positive in January: it is the one month out of the year marked by the […]
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Marital Spats Taken to Heart (NY Times)
The New York Times October 2, 2007 By TARA PARKER-POPE Arguing is an inevitable part of married life. But now researchers are putting the marital spat under the microscope to see if the way you fight with your spouse can affect your health.
Continue readingLesson from a Wise Cherokee
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: A fight is going on inside of me,” he said to the boy. “It’s a terrible fight and it’s going on between two wolves. One is evil–he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
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Making Marriage Work
KSL Studio 5 We bring them with us to the marriage alter; these unspoken, half-hidden unrealistic expectations about how marriage is supposed to be. It’s not long before the gig is up and we’re left shaking our heads shouting, “I signed up for this!?!”We enter marriage with high expectations because that’s our hope for the […]
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Presentation from the Just For Her Conference
I had such a wonderful time at the ââ?¬Å?Just for Herââ?¬Â Conference at Weber State! Thank you to those who were able to attend and my apologies to those who were turned away due to space constraints. Here is the truncated version of that dayââ?¬â?¢s presentation and my personal notes on the matter of how […]
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