Category Archives for "Marriage"
The Physical Benefits of Love and Intimacy
KSL TVââ?¬â??Studio 5 Lose weight. Reduce stress. Live longer. Stay younger. Sounds like another ad for a new wonder drug, doesn’t it? But, it’s not a drug at all. According to Dr. Liz Hale there is something else to add to that list: an active marital sex life! Pioneering researchers have demonstrated many health benefits […]
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How to Fight Fairly with your Spouse
KSL TV Studio 5 Before we tackle the month of “Love and Romance,” which is just around the corner, we thought we’d first address a very important but less-than-romantic issue in marriage: how to fight fair amidst the face of disagreements and grievances. It seems that no matter how many pluses you have going for you […]
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How emotional affairs can threaten marriage
Salt Lake Tribune Imagine a husband and wife communicating primarily over the Internet. They send intimate e-mail details of their deepest thoughts, childhood disappointments, life’s victories and mysteries, and explicit sexual fantasies all before signing off with a commitment to their undying love and devotion. Regardless of their lack of physical intimacy, the emotional connection […]
Continue readingHow do we get over sexual shame?
Salt Lake Tribune Marital intimacy is not an easy topic to talk or write about but one that is essential to marriage. Busy married couples with demanding children must make their marital bond a priority. Yeah, right! Easy for me to say as an unmarried, childless professional. Perhaps the best that couples can do is […]
Continue readingThe hard work of making a marriage stronger
Salt Lake Tribune Whether we agree or not, I extend my gratitude and respect to the articulate readers responding to last week’s column in which I posed the question: Is there such a thing as a good divorce?”
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