So you and your teen argue all the time huh? You’re never really sure what you’re arguing about. Even when you plan for the conversation to be peaceful – you always end up yelling! I get it and I hear you! You want to understand your teen, but half the time you don’t even know what they’re talking about with all this “hair on fleek” #YOLO and hitting the quan. First of all, who is Quan? Why does everyone want to hit him? And depending on what you believe – you might live more than once!
Read moreDay 6: Ask a Professional - Meet Andy Young!
Through-out this series, you will be introduced to several professionals who have graciously offered to sit with me for an interview. The people I have chosen to interview have professional experience in dealing with the specific topics and would not mind (I’m sure) if you contacted them with questions. Ok, enough of my blabbing – here we go…
Meet Andy Young!
Read moreDay 5: When The Honeymoon Ends - Tips For a Healthy Marriages (Part II)
Yesterday, we dealt with some of the things newlyweds tend to go through when starting their lives together. Today I want to talk to you about dealing with a marriage that’s in crisis. Nobody intends to reach this point in marriage where you can barely stand to be in the same room with each other. However, the reality is it happens more often than not. So how do you recover from this point in marriage? How do you repair brokenness? Is it too late?
Read moreDay 4: When The Honeymoon Ends - Tips for a Healthy Marriage (Part I)
Be selfless! Keep it sexy! Have regular date nights! Wait for kids! Have kids when you’re younger! Communicate!
This.is.hard. These are all pieces of advice you receive from people who genuinely want the best for your marriage! The advice above is actually solid advice. The problem is how do you do these things? How do I become selfless when I feel my spouse isn’t meeting my needs adequately? How do I keep it sexy when the “thrill” of newlywed sparkle is gone? How in the heck do you have regular date nights when your work schedules are completely opposite?