PODCAST: Pregnancy Etiquette and How Systems Can Reduce Stress in Marriage

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jul 11, 2019 | Doing Life Together, Family, Podcasts

It’s time for a new episode of the To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all you want as well! And consider this podcast...

What to Do When Mr. Clean Marries Mrs. Messy

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 1, 2019 | Resolving Conflict

What do you do when you have different standards for housework? It’s Monday, the day that I usually try to tackle a reader question, and today I want to talk about what to do when you’re a little messy and he’s a neat freak. But before I get to that,...

Sharing the Emotional Load of Housework

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Mar 29, 2019 | Podcasts

Many of you resonated with the post on Tuesday about playfulness and creating margins–specifically, the paragraphs on housework. And a lot of your comments were around the same topic: the emotional (or mental) load of housework. It’s Rebecca...

MBTI and Marriage: Judgers vs. Peceivers (or how we tend to tick each other off!)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 29, 2018 | Emotional Connection, Homemaking, Resolving Conflict

Do you love goals and plans? Or do you hate being tied down, and love to be spontaneous? This month, for Wifey Wednesdays, looking at personality differences, using the MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator). The MBTI figures out people’s personalities based on four...

How to End the Chore Wars with Your Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 23, 2018 | Family, Homemaking

What do you do when you want to teach your kids responsibility, but the chore wars just won’t stop? We’ve got a great post from Connected Families today about how to end the Chore Wars for good in your home. I just love their wisdom when it comes to this...

The Chore War: 4 Steps to Stop Arguing with Your Husband and Get Stuff Done

by Kathi Lipp | Jun 22, 2018 | Homemaking, Resolving Conflict

Are you tired of The Chore War with your husband? One of the best parts about blogging is that I meet some amazing other bloggers. And Kathi Lipp is one of them. She and her amazing red hair caught my eye at a MOPS convention years ago, and since then...

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