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On Alpha Males and Beta Males and Getting a Mate

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 12, 2021 | Emotional Connection, Men's Corner

Do alpha males always get the girl? The comic book character Archie was always your typical beta. So was Richie Cunningham from Happy Days, while Fonzie played more the alpha. And girls prefer bad boys! Don’t they? Well, maybe the whole alpha and beta thing...

How Do I Reconnect with My Husband? Finding the Spark Again

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 5, 2021 | Emotional Connection

“How do I reconnect with my husband?” That’s a question I get in various forms from so many of you who email. Life has gotten too busy, you feel like you pass like ships in the night, and you just want to feel like you know each other again. As...

How Do You Live with an Emotionally Immature Spouse?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 18, 2020 | Emotional Connection

How do you draw boundaries with an emotionally immature/passive aggressive spouse? I thought I was finished with my emotional maturity series, but a wonderful question came in to the blog this week that I thought it was worth running! I was wondering if you...

Creating Christmas Traditions When You Don’t Have Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 15, 2020 | Emotional Connection

Can you create Christmas traditions as a couple BEFORE you have kids? Absolutely! Or what about if you aren’t planning on having kids, or can’t have kids–or if your kids are with your ex-spouses for the holidays. Does that mean that Christmas...

10 Christmas Gift Ideas for the Man Who is Impossible to Buy For

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 15, 2020 | Emotional Connection

Are you stuck on Christmas gift ideas for your husband? For a woman, you can always just buy something pretty. But what does a guy want? One of my most popular posts ever was my Christmas stocking stuffers for your husband–and in that post I give some really...

Reader Question: Do I Have to Endure Terrible Gifts from My Husband This Christmas?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 14, 2020 | Emotional Connection

What do you do if your husband is absolutely terrible at buying Christmas presents? Last year, a reader wrote in with this question about her husband who buys terrible gifts: Do I keep enduring terrible Christmas/birthday/Valentine’s Day gifts for the...

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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.