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How to Deal With Hormonal Imbalances That Affect Your Marriage

Many women with hormonal imbalances don’t know why they feel overwhelmed, agitated or weepy. Rhonda needed to find a way to help her marriage survive.

A Marriage in Crisis After a Job Loss

In the aftermath of a crisis, couples may feel as if their entire life has been ripped apart. At this time, spouses need to work together. Here’s how.

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Caring for Your Spouse, Caring for Yourself

God can help you find ways of loving your disabled spouse in the years ahead. This requires taking care of yourself even as you care for your spouse.

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Caring for the Caregiver

Taking care of a loved one without caring for yourself harms your emotional, relational and physical health. These tips will help you develop self-care strategies to strengthen you and your marriage.

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Hope for a Marriage Challenged by Mental Illness

For years, I thought I could handle my bipolar disorder. When I began the intensive therapy necessary for improved mental health, I discovered I had to prioritize my needs before I could be the wife and mother God desired me to be.

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Breaking the Cycle of Broken Marriages

How can you build a successful marriage when your parents divorced and many of your family members and friends have terrible marriages? It starts with acknowledging that healthy marriages are possible.

Lies That Can Hinder Your Recovery From an Affair

When a couple is trying to recover from an affair, the Adversary wants to ruin the marriage. But if you know some of the common lies he tries to plant in your mind, you and your spouse can fight them.

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How to Recognize Where Your Marriage Is Vulnerable to an Affair

Some telltale signs can help couples identify vulnerabilities to infidelity. Keeping these areas of susceptibility and their antidotes in mind could ward off a potential affair.

How to Respond When Friends Reveal Tension in Their Marriage

Friends often confide in each other when they have marriage problems. So what should we say — or not say — if we want to help a friend who confesses a marriage issue? Here are some guidelines to help.

Crisis: A Pivotal Point in Marriage

Many couples struggle during critical events that create an emotional crisis. Crises can stress marriages even to the point of divorce. Here’s how to draw closer even during a crisis.

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Distorted Thinking Can Be Dangerous

If you are angry, afraid, resentful, jealous or depressed, the fault may lie in your thinking.

Faith Conversation: Searching for Hope

If your marriage has an area that needs a miracle, seek God. You may not understand how He is working, and the miracle He brings may look different from what you expect, but He is always faithful. 

A group of four friends is sitting at a wooden table in a cozy café with exposed brick walls, engaged in a deep conversation. One woman is talking while the others listen attentively, showing different reactions—thoughtfulness, concern, and curiosity. The setting suggests a supportive environment, but it also raises the question of when to talk to a professional counselor instead of just talking to friends.

When to See a Therapist Instead of Just Asking Friends for Help

When you have problems with your marriage, you might reach out to friends, who bring value that a professional can’t. But when should you get professional help?

When the Past Is Present

Your spouse may act nothing like your ex, but without even realizing it, you might be unfairly reacting based on fears and emotions that are rooted in your previous marriage — these are triggers.

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Al and Lisa Robertson: ‘Forgiveness Changed Everything’

The pain of an affair drove both Al and Lisa to despair. They were shattered, exhausted and drained of all pride. But the crisis was also a turning point — what they now call “desperate forgiveness.”

How to Overcome Porn Addiction and Restore Relationships

Forgiving a pornography user too quickly can hinder recovery because it avoids the problem. Bravely acknowledging the emotions associated with betrayal is imperative to the true forgiveness process.

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The Dilemma of Divorce

At the Fall, the battle of the sexes began, and one of the most tragic consequences of that battle is the propensity to divorce.

How to Overcome In-Law Problems

The relationship between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be painful, but it doesn’t have to be. The issue often is a lack of trust. This article offers five practical tips for building trust.

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The Unhappy Marriage: Saving Your Broken Relationship

Why are we unhappy in marriage? How can we repair our broken relationship? We can find healing through commitment, communication and Christ.

I’ve Been a Fool, and I Want You Back

It’s not over until the judge says you’re divorced. If you’ve destroyed your marriage, there are five things you must not do and seven things you must do if you want to win back your spouse.