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5 Ways Hierarchy in Marriage Hurts Men, Too

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 1, 2022 | Resolving Conflict, Theology of Marriage and Sex

What if setting up marriage as a hierarchy, where men make the decisions, isn’t good for men either? We know that it can lead to problems for women (as we talked about yesterday), but what if it can hurt men too? On Tuesdays I don’t do huge posts, but...

7 Questions to Ask to Vet Your Counselor

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 10, 2021 | Resolving Conflict

How do you find a good counselor when you need to seek help for marriage issues? Sheila here! I found Sarah Allman on Instagram, where we interacted about the vital importance of vetting counselors before you go to see one. This is something I’d been...

MARRIAGE ON HARD MODE: How Gender Role Ideas Can Backfire

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 20, 2021 | Resolving Conflict, Theology of Marriage and Sex

What if our underlying understanding of gender roles makes marriage harder than it needs to be? We’re talking about doing marriage on hard mode in the month of September–how so often we can make our lives harder, and thus make marriage harder, than it...

A Trick to Identifying the Issue That’s Causing your Marriage Problems

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 8, 2021 | Resolving Conflict

Sometimes, when life gets stressful, we feel like everything is going wrong. Everyone is picking at everyone else. You’re late for everything. Your relationship with your mom is messed up. You and your husband never have time alone and your mad at each other...

Reader Question: When Does Anger Become Abuse?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 4, 2021 | Abuse, Resolving Conflict

How can you tell if your husband has anger management issues, or if he’s actually abusive? I’m starting a series on the blog this month on direct communication, and yesterday we looked at what hinders speaking directly. We’ll also cover what direct...

Why We Need to Stop Talking about Resolving Conflict in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 5, 2021 | Resolving Conflict

What does it mean to “resolve conflict”? We’ve been talking so much about sex lately since The Great Sex Rescue launched, and that’s been great. But I thought this week I may revisit some of the important things I’ve written about...

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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.