What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2010? Many times people set goals that include specific career, weight, and financial goals. How about setting some specific relationship goals? Below are five things you must do to renew your relationship in the New Year. 1) TAKE INVENTORY This conversation can be fun and invigorating or be [...]

Are you or someone you know considering marrying their partner? Many couples get married based on feelings or circumstances. Marriage can be a wonderful experience through proactive work. During pre-marital counseling sessions with couples, one of the questions I often ask: what do you like about each other and why are you getting married? Many times the [...]

Tiger Woods confession today is a reminder that celebrities are people too. Most people think that cheating and affairs happen to other people, but I am sure Elin Woods felt the same way until now. Most people do not know that 60% of men and 40% of women cheat, but there are steps you can [...]

Why bother asking someone to dinner or to the movies when you can meet at a party, down a few drinks and go “hook up” for the night? In my freshman year of college, I can remember going down the hall to the shared bathroom among the dorm rooms and seeing some of the girls [...]

Have you asked yourself the following questions:What is a healthy balance between couple time, kid time, and family time?Is it better to be kid focused or couple focused?Does it seem impossible to create a balance, to continue to build a strong marriage, while nurturing your kids? Below you will find five things that will help [...]

  Breaking up is never an easy thing to do. However, when you are going to break up with someone you have been dating, often times it is best, to do it face-to-face. There are times when electronic communication is advisable, such as if there has been violence or abuse in the relationship. There are [...]