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Category Archives: Marriage

Podcast 079: Marriage FUSION 2—The Gravity of Baggage

FUSION 2—The Gravity of Baggage—Resolving Your Hurt Allows You to Love Freely What you bring into your marriage really impacts who you are and how you relate. These effects can be...

Marriage: The Challenge of Rebuilding Trust in Marriage

Betrayal in Marriage—The Challenge of Re-building Trust Betrayal in marriage rolls through my office like semi-trucks into a weigh station. On the freeway of life, people experience incredible emotional wreckage when...

Podcast 078: Mental Illness—Understanding the Emotional Turmoil

Headspace: Understanding the Emotional Turmoil of the Brokenhearted What if someone in your family is facing mental health issues? There is so much we don’t understand about how the mind works...

Podcast 077: Marriage FUSION 1—The Laws of Attraction

FUSION 1—The Laws of Attraction If you stop having fun commitment alone won’t keep your love alive. Why doesn’t the honeymoon feeling last forever? With the definition of Love = Commitment...

Podcast 076: Sex Gaps—Finding Regular Intimacy in Marriage

Podcast 76: Sex Gaps—Finding Regular Intimacy in Marriage How do you overcome long spells of no intimacy in marriage? What’s going wrong? Why the gaps? Who’s to blame? What’s the recourse?...

Podcast 075: Setting Boundaries in Your Relationships

Unhealthy Attachments: Setting Relational Guardrails Rails are there for your safety – to keep you from going off track. Our world is running wild in relationships and complicating many lives and...

Podcast 074: The Folly of Unforgiveness

Drag Time: Resolving Conflict without Perpetual Brooding or Prolonged Bickering Helping couples in developing the heart and the tools for shortening their response time in working through issues between them and...

Marriage: New Year’s Sex

Relax. Though we are passed January 1st, you haven’t missed out. And while it might be really fun, the title is not referring to welcoming in the New Year while having...

Podcast 072: Recovering From an Extramarital Affair

Podcast 72: Facing the Marital Tsunami—How to Recover From an Extramarital Affair You or someone you know just found out about their mate’s unfaithfulness. What if you are the one who...

Podcast 071: Technology’s Attack on Marriage—Finding Wise Digital Boundaries

Really practical help for couples facing the new and growing challenges of the invasion of technology into the home. How do you limit its impact on your primary relationship? Learn how...

eZine #35 The Secrets of Happy Camper Dating

  Dating! There is a secret to it that you may not know about!   Lets talk about DATING for a moment – and yes this topic and concept does apply...

Podcast 070: MARRIAGE 2.0—ANCHORED: God as Your Foundation

From the Marriage 2.0 Seminar—ANCHORED: A deep faith in God is a sure foundation for life. We discuss ways to help couples in the 2nd half of marriage to continue to...

The Good News About Marriage Sunday Sermon Video

Christian marriages—keep calm and carry on! Following the Lord does make a huge difference on both the satisfaction and longevity of your most important relationship. Watch Dr. Dave passionately deliver his Sunday...

Podcast 069: MARRIAGE 2.0—INTIMACY in Marriage

From the Marriage Seminar: Marriage 2.0—INTIMACY: Making love should never stop...find a way. We share ideas to help couples in the 2nd half of marriage to continue to enjoy their sexual...

eZine #34: The Art and Value of Accountability

eZine #34: The Art and Value of Accountability I’ve always longed for accountability, but is hasn’t always been easy to find people that have the same concept of accountability as I...