• Couples Cruise #5 Highlights (Feb 2014)

    Couples Cruise #5 Highlights (Feb 2014)

    What a wonderful Couples Cruise we had again this February. Couples from all over the country joined us for a wonderful week of fun, sun and…well, lots of other great stuff! 😉 Below are some of the highlights from the cruise! You can check out

    on Feb 27, 2014 • with No Comments

  • Top 100 Marriage & Family Therapy Website

    Top 100 Marriage & Family Therapy Website

    Strengthening Marriage.com was thrilled to be chosen as one of the top 100 helpful sites for marriage and family therapy by MastersInCounseling.org. As stated on their site: Many successful Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) maintain websites for their practices to find new clients and participate

    on Feb 26, 2014 • with No Comments

  • The Burnout Cure: An Emotional Survival Guide for Overwhelmed Women

    The Burnout Cure: An Emotional Survival Guide for Overwhelmed Women

    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book written by my friend and fellow therapist, Julie de Azevedo Hanks — The Burnout Cure: An Emotional Survival Guide for Overwhelmed Women! What a great title! This book is a great complement to the work I do with people

    on Nov 18, 2013 • with No Comments

  • Infidelity Resources

    Infidelity Resources

    Infidelity Resources — Preventing and Healing from Affairs The following are some of my recommended resources for preventing affairs and healing from infidelity. Feel free to leave your suggestions below if you have other good resources to recommend and I’ll check them out! Websites After

    on Nov 17, 2013 • with No Comments

  • Marriage Isn’t For You

    Marriage Isn’t For You

    Guest post by Seth Adam Smith (used by permission) Having been married only a year and a half, I’ve recently come to the conclusion that marriage isn’t for me. Now before you start making assumptions, keep reading. I met my wife in high school when

    on Nov 15, 2013 • with 1 Comment

  • Strengthening Marriage Partners — SimplySweetMarriage.com

    Strengthening Marriage Partners — SimplySweetMarriage.com

    Because SimplySweetMarriage.com was having a fabulous giveaway of some fun intimacy-inducing items for OUR Facebook fans, we wanted to know what was behind all their enthusiastic support of StrengtheningMarriage.com and our marriage-strengthening efforts! So, here is Heidie Lee’s story and her journey of creating the online store

    on Sep 12, 2012 • with No Comments

  • Can’t Connect with your Teen?

    Can’t Connect with your Teen?

    Having a tough time connecting with your teen? Here are some helpful connecting tips for parents

    on Jul 24, 2012 • with No Comments

  • Modesty, Accountability and Respect

    Modesty, Accountability and Respect

    After posting this image on my Strengthening Marriage, Inc. Facebook page a reader posted an edited version (see below) of the original graphic. What ensued was an interesting conversation about modesty that I thought may be of value to share here on my blog as well

    on Jul 9, 2012 • with 2 Comments

  • Win Tickets to the Movie Premiere — Charly

    Win Tickets to the Movie Premiere — Charly

    Win two tickets to the Red Carpet movie Premiere of Charly by sharing your love story here! Marriage and relationships are never easy. There are challenges, especially when the people involved are complete opposites. In the movie Charly the main characters are not only opposites

    on Jul 9, 2012 • with No Comments

  • The Dating Divas — Successful Marriages Tele-Retreat

    The Dating Divas — Successful Marriages Tele-Retreat

    Those amazing women at The Dating Divas have put together a one-of-a kind debut event to strengthen marriages — The Dating Divas “Successful Marriages” Tele-Retreat! Best of all — it’s FREE! — and you can participate right from the comfort of your own HOME. On

    on Apr 4, 2012 • with 1 Comment