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Can Simply Being Positive Improve Your Relationship?
from National Healthy Marriage Resource Center The impact of positive thinking has been touted by generations of business leaders, athletes, psychologists, and self-help gurus. One would think with all the emphasis on positive thinking, we would be flooded with positive thoughts. […]
Is Your Smartphone Coming Between You and Your Spouse?
By Greg Smalley How much do you love your smartphone? Probably not as much as the California man who married his phone in a Las Vegas wedding chapel during the summer of 2016! OK, so the ceremony in Vegas may have been […]
Seven-year Itch? Boredom Can Hurt A Marriage
Science Daily 2009 Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Stony Brook University interviewed 123 couples in their seventh year of marriage and again nine years later. "These […]
70 ways boredom can kill a marriage (and women are more likely to lose interest than men)
By Fiona Macrae for the Daily Mail Stale mates: The research showed that while men are more likely to be bored with a partner outside of marriage, for those couples who had tied the knot the roles reversed Women are more likely […]
5 Steps to Beat Boredom in Your Relationship
Psychology Today By: Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D. It's common for couples to feel bored at some point. Here's what to do about it. Over time, couples inevitably find that they slip from out-and-out lust into a more comfortable steady state in which their […]
Insecurity Within Relationships
By: Anne Hunter Insecurity is often a factor in preventing couples from developing a strong, healthy relationship. In general, relationships in which one partner is seriously insecure tend to falter , but this is not always the case. Problematically, insecurity often goes unacknowledged, […]
Couple Growth Plan Exercise
Download GROWTH PLAN Exercise Each of you individually write your response to numbers 1-3. When finished, share your answers with each other before proceeding to number 4. When you have written your goals, post them in a place where you will […]
Bibliography – Marriage Enrichment Resources
Download Updates Here Books and Manuals: Arp, David and Claudia, 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage. Zondervan, 1997. The Arps offer ideas for 10 memory-making evenings built n key marriage-enriching themes. Arp, David and Claudia, The Second Half of Marriage: Facing the Eight […]
Bea and Jim Strickland
Jim Strickland passed away May 26. He will be missed! Bea and Jim Strickland have been long-time members of Better Marriages, active on the national as well as the local (Silicon Valley) level. Bea and Jim believed in marriage enrichment - they […]
Better Marriages National Board of Directors Member Responsibilities
The Board of Directors is the policy making body of the corporation. The direction of the affairs of the corporation, including responsibility for matters in furtherance of the corporation’s purposes, shall be vested in the Board of Directors. The responsibilities of Board […]