We often underestimate the power of our words in our marriages.

The other person is always around and so it's easy to speak to them as familiar, just there, or perhaps slightly annoying. Herein is opportunity for some fine-tuning. An opportunity to tweak something that can reap huge dividends in an...

Like our view of the world when wearing a wrong set of glasses, sometimes we see each other through unhelpful or imperfect understandings:

"He just wants to be mean to me, that's why he's grumpy." When in reality he's overwhelmed at work and he frees up mental space by reducing connection to people...

Think of it: Emotion drew you from single to dating and from dating to married, right? It wasn't intellect alone. And it's emotion that keeps you thru the rough times too. Emotion gives you empathy for each other and it bridges the gap between mental assent and connection of hearts.

Emotion brings ...