Is your sex life a good indicator of how healthy your marriage is? Sometimes... here's when it is and when it isn't... Plus, the REAL reason that so many marriages are suffering from a "dead bedroom".

Has your spouse had an affair, cheated, or broken your trust? Here's whether you should forgive them, and how to forgive them and move forward if you so choose.

Today, answering a question from our Thriving Relationships Group from a Mom who found her 8 year old daughter had taken an inappropriate picture on her iPod, what the appropriate punishment would be and how all these parenting lessons came from the understanding of The Happy, Healthy Marriage Reset. #parenting #parentingtips #punishments #momlife #familytime

"It Starts With You: The Secret to a Passionate Marriage & Peaceful Home" is now "The Happy, Healthy Marriage Reset: Using Sincerity to Erase Relationship Baggage & Restore the Love" - here's why I changed it, and would love your feedback on making the new SUBTITLE "It Starts With You"

Today I'm sharing the first Q&A from our new group, Thriving Relationships, from "L" whose wife is disconnected and has a "work husband". Here's the guidance I gave!

An update on Macy & John from The Happy, Healthy Marriage Reset - and how after Macy started standing up for herself and sincerely communicating her feelings, John stopped trying to guilt-trip and manipulate her, and what happened next... 

She stopped feeling controlled, which meant she didn't feel a need or reason to rebel against it, and ended up sharing John's perspective. In the end, they both got what they wanted!

You only need one thing to have hope that your marriage can be restored, and it's not your spouse's commitment - it's an open line of communication. As long as you have that, there is hope!

Divorce season for lawyers is January through early March, then again in summer. The slowest time is around the Holidays in November/December.  In my opinion, “Deal Breakers” are the only good reason for Divorce.  We all ignored red flags about our spouse before getting married. Get perspective and be empowered to change your marriage instead of thinking you made a mistake getting married!

Questions like “what if my spouse doesn’t think our marriage is worth fighting for?” Or “how do I feel good about myself?” or “how do I get my spouse to do X, Y, Z?” lead you down a path of misery. 

Here are some more empowering questions to ask yourself in order to get better results. 

Here are 5 New Years Resolutions for a THRIVING MARRIAGE in 2023…  1) Sincerely acknowledge how you feel when you feel it in a way that doesn’t make your spouse feel attacked  2) Appreciate each other and choose to see the best in one another  3) Forgive your spouse’s flaws, mistakes, and shortcomings  4) To work on yourself and being your best self to your marriage  5) Come up with 1 or 2 big things to plan to do together in 2023 that you can look forward to