Finding the Root Cause of Marriage Problems Using the 5 Whys

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 5, 2019 | Resolving Conflict

Why are you feeling distant in your marriage? What if asking “why” five times in a row, based on the answers you were given, could reveal the root problem? Lately I’ve been critiquing the way that some churches do marriage counseling. I want to get...

How to Bring Playfulness Back to Your Marriage

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Mar 26, 2019 | Emotional Connection, Men's Corner

You start dating, and it’s magic. You put on music and do the silliest dance you can and she just thinks you’re the funniest guy in the whole world. She laces her fingers with yours and it sends butterflies straight to your stomach. You spend all your time...

Why Men Go Missing in Bed: Sometimes It’s the Relationship

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 29, 2018 | Libido

What if the relationship is what is killing your husband’s sex drive? We’ve been talking about marriages where the wife has the higher libido this week. Often, higher libido simply means that she’s on the higher end of average libido, and he’s...

Reader Question: I Cheated on My Husband–How Do We Rebuild?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 7, 2018 | Marriage, Resolving Conflict

How do you rebuild if you’ve cheated on your husband? Every Monday I like to post a reader question and take a stab at answering it, and today’s is from a woman wondering how to restore a marriage when she was the one that damaged it. Often we talk on this...

Top 10 Sex and Marriage Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 14, 2015 | Libido, Pornography, Sex, Sexual Intimacy

Marriage red flags–all of us have marriage issues, but how do you know if an issue crosses the line into dangerously weird territory? I receive many emails from women in crisis, and today, on Top 10 Tuesday, I thought I’d share 10 marriage and sex red...

How Do We Get over Marriage Problems and See Marriages Change?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 21, 2011 | Marriage, Resolving Conflict

This weekend my husband and I have been speaking at FamilyLife Canada’s Weekend to Remember conference in Collingwood, Ontario. I love getting away with him and speaking; it always makes our marriage better, too! We have a weekend to talk about nothing but...