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Marriage: Baggage in Your Marriage
Unpack Your Bags—Did you drag a trunk full of junk into your marriage? Communication? Money? Sex? For decades, these three famous challenges have been said to be the top three reasons...
Podcast 126: Understanding the Trauma of Facing Your Husband’s Sexual Addiction
Podcast 126: PARTNERS IN PAIN: Understanding the Trauma of Facing Your Husband’s Sexual Addiction To help women face the horrific pain associated with their husband’s porn and sexual addiction giving the...
Podcast 125: Facing Burnout within the Family
Podcast 125: Facing Burnout within the Family To help spouses and families better support and understand those in the family facing emotional collapse or physical exhaustion. Focusing on what they can...
eZine #57: Aging Graciously
This month we take a look at growing older—the relationship challenges and changes that may come with it and the chance for new experiences and even greater joy! Our feature podcast helps individuals...
Podcast 124: Family Crises—Where is God When It Hurts?
Podcast 124: Family Crises—Where is God When It Hurts To help couples and families face the dark and challenging seasons in life and to gain perspective and draw strength from a...
Marriage: The Value of Honest Disclosure
Coming Clean: The Value of Honest Disclosure When I was young, say ages 4–8, my mother would warn me—actually more like threaten me (add mom’s cross tone of voice)—“Don’t you dare...
P.E.R.G.E Seminar 2023
P.E.R.G.E. (Partner Encouragement Recovery Group Experience) 2-day Seminar: October 13 & 14 PURPOSE P.E.R.G.E. exists to regain sexual purity in marriage. The program is designed for the encouragement and ongoing recovery for women...
Podcast 122: The Impact of Substance Abuse
Podcast 122: The Addiction Dynamic—Grasping the Impact of Substance Abuse To help spouses and couples better face their addiction to drugs and alcohol and grasp the effects it is having on...
Podcast 121: RECOVERY 13—The 12-Step Program
Podcast 121: RECOVERY 13—Recovery Mechanics: “What" & “Why" of the 12-Step Program To help people understand and embrace the process and the benefits of the 12-Step Recovery Program used in our...
eZine #56: Spring Cleaning of the Soul
Spring is right around the corner and with it comes the urge for new beginnings and "spring cleaning”—dealing with the clutter in our homes after a long winter. But what about...
Podcast 120: The Power of Shared History in Marriage
Podcast 120: The Power of Shared History in Marriage—What Amazing Benefits Long-Lasting Love Brings To help couples appreciate the depth, impact and richness of a married life of shared memories, events...
Recovery from Depression
Kickstarting Your Recovery from Depression Having personally walked through depression in 2001 and then coaching hundreds of thousands of people in over 120 countries online since 2003, the most powerful plan...
Podcast 119: Facing the Challenges of Aging Parents
Podcast 119: Parents in Transition—Facing the Challenges of Aging Parents To help couples better support their aging parents through their later years discussing how to cope with growing parental needs, demands...
Marriage: The Love Formula
Appreciate the Formula of Love As the years go by, without the right attention, it’s not uncommon for a marital relationship to begin to waver—as in fade or grow apart. Routine,...
Second-Half Marriage Seminar—Marriage 2.0, Spring 2020
Next Seminar: Saturday May 2, 2020 Marriage 2.0 is a one of a kind, life changing, 1-day event for couples that believe “The Best is Yet to Come.” This “second half...