Q&A: Abusive Relationships: Understanding and Recovering From Them Here’s a question we received: As someone who has survived an abusive relationship prior to my marriage with the love of my life, my heart goes out to all people out there who are in relationships plagued by abuse. It is so easy to spot an abusive relationship after you have been in one yourself, but it is so difficult to...
This topic brings me to an area of married life that I find common, yet ungodly. Often people believe that marriage is something that needs to be endured like an ongoing pain. They tell jokes about it and infer that the opposite sex is a force to be reckoned with. The problem with this is that we hit what we look at. Kim and I both have motorcycle endorsements...
Mitch & Kim’s Q & A Here’s a question we received. How can we effectively communicate when one person is so much more talkative? I want to share with my wife things from my day, but at the same time, I’m not very talkative, and she is, so it seems like a lot of our conversations aren’t exactly that, but more of a lecture in the sense it’s a one-sided...
Do you feel that you sometimes waste time and energy communicating? Sometimes we just don’t click or understand each other. Here we will connect you with 7 shortcuts to better your communication. What’s a buzzword? A buzzword is a simple word or statement spoken without emotion (possibly at a time you may feel like getting emotional about something,). It can diffuse a situation. Buzzwords can also make something that is...
Does it feel there are walls that block your communication of certain topics? Maybe it’s your spouse’s parent or you don’t feel you can say how you feel about something. You just feel your opinion isn’t heard. Good marriages are built on good communication. Here we’ll show you how to break down these walls that block the communication you long to have. Safe Time is a time when two people...
When we are both trying to put each other's needs, goals and our children first, how can we feel okay and not feel guilty when it is our own turn to take time for our self or make a large purchase that mainly benefits one? This is a good question and one that many struggle with. We believe the way to address this issue is to set our priorities, then...
Want to watch this blog instead of reading it? Click here to view. The biggest liar you will ever meet looks back at you every morning in the bathroom mirror. Give that thought some time to settle in. We don’t appreciate liars and we certainly don’t think we are one of them. So why would I make such a bold statement? Because it is true. Every day we...
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