Emotional Connection Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Adults Need Bedtimes Too!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 28, 2022 | Emotional Connection, Libido

Adults need bedtimes, too. Seriously. I have talked to thousands of couples over the last few years at marriage conferences and at events, and I keep hearing stories about how “we never talk”, or “we never do anything together”, or even,...

Does Every Marriage Need a Captain? Do Husbands Need to Make the Decisions?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 21, 2022 | Emotional Connection

Do marriages need someone to be in charge? And what does it mean if you assume that they do? Last week Alistair Begg, a big speaker and theologian, posted this on social media: I could say so much about what’s theologically wrong with this statement, but...

ATTACHMENT SERIES: How Can You Grow a Healthy Attachment Style?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 31, 2022 | Emotional Connection

If you know you have an unhealthy attachment style, how can you grow and change? It’s the last day in May, and so I want to wrap up our posts about attachment styles. I’m so glad so many of you have found this concept helpful; it’s really changed how...

PODCAST: How We Love–Attachment Styles and Marriage with the Yerkovichs!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 19, 2022 | Emotional Connection, Podcasts

How do our attachment styles–or love styles–affect our marriage? This month on the blog we’re talking all about attachment styles. So often we think that our marriage problems are about communication, or habits, or normal conflicts. But what if...

The 5 Love Styles and the Attachment Styles Dance

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 11, 2022 | Emotional Connection

Our attachment style that we learn in childhood affects our “love styles” as adults. I’m a big fan of the book How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. It’s one of the few Christian marriage books that I can recommend wholeheartedly. How We...

ATTACHMENT SERIES: The 4 Attachment Styles and What They Mean

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2022 | Emotional Connection, Parenting Small Children, Series

This month we’re going to talk about attachment styles and why they matter! Attachment styles are the way that we relate to other people, and they’re based on what we learned when relating to our earliest caregivers. The field really took off in the 1950s...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.