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08
Sep
Part: 6 Nutrient #5 The Malnourished Marriage: Essential Nutrient #5 Think of Trust as a Marriage’s Vitamins
Trust … is the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships. – Stephen Covey
17
Aug
Part 5: The Malnourished Marriage: Essential Nutrient #4 – Think of Compromise and Patience as Healthy Fats
“Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.” – Zig Ziglar
08
Jul
PART 4: The Malnourished Marriage: Essential Nutrient #3 – Think of Humor as Carbohydrate
“The gods gave men fire so he put it out with water. They gave him love so he could put it out with marriage.” – Sam Levison
16
Jun
PART 3: The Malnourished Marriage: Essential Nutrient #2: Sex and Intimacy as Protein
“Men and women approach sex very differently. Men make love to feel loved and women need to feel loved to make love.” – Sheila Wray Gregoire
13
May
PART 2: The Malnourished Marriage: Essential Nutrient #1: Think of Communication as Water
“Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee
23
Mar
PART 1: The Malnourished Marriage: 5 Essential Nutrient Emotions for A Healthy Relationship
The whole issue with Brent started a long time before the fight that caused Jenna to come to my office for a divorce consultation. Jenn...
28
Jan
When Cupid Sets You Up to Feel Stupid
Imagine you know from the credit card statement that your husband purchased two Valentine’s Day cards and something from a jeweler. You...
13
Jan
The Family That Fate Gave Us And How It Influences Our Perception of Others
“All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Throughout the decades of r...
20
Dec
I Sat There Until Dark
Writing has always been a passion for me. When I was five or six, I wrote a story to enter a contest sponsored by Highlights magazine. ...
15
Dec
Thank You for Your Support
I am very grateful for those loyal souls who have been kind enough to check out my website. I’m also most grateful for those who talked...
01
Dec
How To Prevent The Fizz in Your Marriage From Fizzling After Baby
As a divorce attorney, I spent over 30 years asking clients what happened in their relationship to bring them to my office. Many times,...
15
Nov
Insanity Is Inherited—You Get It From Your Children
Unfortunately, being born with a fully formed personality is not endemic to the human species. In fact, research finds that personaliti...
15
Oct
About To Be Married? Maybe The Something Borrowed Shouldn’t Be His Name
Amidst the hand-wringing over the seismic shift in marriage in America, there is an equal amount of wrangling over what traditions shou...
01
Sep
Facts and Fallacies About Prenuptial Agreements
Many people believe asking the person you’re about to marry to sign a prenuptial agreement is insulting, offensive, and bad for the mar...
15
Aug
And Then We Were Three
By the spoiler title, I’m sure you’ve guessed if you read the first blog, The Proposal, Susan called Phillip; they made up and were mar...
15
Jul
The Proposal
His words were unlike any she’d expected to hear, and for a moment, she could hardly make sense of them.
“Marry you?” she asked as s...