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Can We Talk about Mutual Respect?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 31, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

If you’re reading this as it’s being published, Keith and I are getting on a cruise ship in Buenos Aires to head to Antarctica! But a lot of interesting things happened this week, and I wanted to chime in while I still have good wifi. The theme of all of...

When to Walk Away Review: How to Deal with Toxic People–and Toxic Marriages

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 29, 2020 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

When it comes to toxic people–and toxic marriages–do we have the courage to walk away? Alice had endured being married to Alex for over 20 years. She had kept trying to make the marriage better–being nice to him; keeping a nice house; studying all...

Iron Sharpens Iron: How to Draw Firm Boundaries in Marriage with a Spouse’s Bad Behaviour

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 27, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

What do you do if you’ve tried confronting your spouse on bad habits that they have, but nothing is changing, and it’s damaging the marriage? Let’s look today at how to draw boundaries and actually see progress in messy areas of marriage. We’re...

Iron Sharpens Iron: How to Speak Up when Something’s Bugging You in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 20, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

How do you ACTUALLY confront your spouse when something’s bugging you? We’re in the middle of our iron sharpening iron series on the blog this month, where I’m talking about how marriage is supposed to make us better people. We’re supposed to...

Iron Sharpens Iron Series: Marriage Should Make You Better People!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 8, 2020 | Resolving Conflict, Series

Keith has made me a better person because I am married to him. First, there’s the little things. I notice that when I’m alone for several days, for instance, I tend to cocoon and just do whatever I want, which tends to consist of a lot of time wasters....

How Do I Protect Our Kids from Our Marriage Problems?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 13, 2019 | Family, Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

How do you give your kids a healthy view of marriage…if your marriage isn’t healthy? Every Monday I like to post a reader question and take a stab at answering it, and today I’ve got a similar question from two hurting wives who are worried about...