to strengthen a struggling relationship, you must make it a top priority of your time and energy. choose to break habits that damage the relationship, especially when you feel frustrated and disappointed. the sooner you fully accept this as truth, the sooner you will begin to heal and grow together. when we are feeling hurt and disappointed, we have a tendency to turn our partner into the villain. but if your relationship is going to have a chance to turn …

to that end, here are six lessons we can learn about staying married through the good times and bad from the true stories featured in miller’s book. “it was precisely when i decided that divorce was not an option that my perspective changed,” one woman, married 50 years, recounted, after sharing that divorce had been her back-up plan from the beginning of her marriage:  i am convinced that if i hadn’t changed my attitude from one with a back- up …

if you and your spouse are a christian couple, no matter how young or old you are, there is something that is strategically different about your relationship than simply a marriage as understood by the world at large. if you view your marriage in this way, it will make things line up and anything that happens in your marriage becomes understandable in relation to your prime directive as a disciple of christ. in this light, whatever happens between you can …

refrain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks, name calling or inciting hatred against any community. relationships, especially romantic ones, take a lot of effort, sacrifices, compromises, and adjustments to be happy ones. lgbtq people face hardships on a daily basis and they have to struggle for the most basic things. even when they manage to find a soulmate of their choice, the societal taunts and biases often affect them. you …

beside the difficult emotions that you’ll no doubt be going through, there’s often a whole host of other things to think about. if you’re going through a break-up, divorce or separation and are struggling, you can talk to the calm helpline, where trained staff will offer practical support and guidance to help you move forward. relationship breakdowns can be particularly hard if you didn’t expect them to happen, there are children involved, or your partner was the only person you …