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What’s Really Going On with the Husband Who Doesn’t Want His Wife’s Input?

What’s Really Going On with the Husband Who Doesn’t Want His Wife’s Input?

Sadly, many a man will not include his wife in decisions because he fears her input as an attempt to control him rather than as her desire to be his helpful teammate. Not only is this man extremely insecure (which calls into question his manhood), but some would call him imprudent.

What’s Really Going On with the Husband Who Doesn’t Want His Wife’s Input?

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Have you ever considered what sets humans apart from the other creatures on earth? The answer lies in a remarkable phenomenon called consciousness.

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Do Different Reactions Toward Their Spouse’s Contempt Mean One Is More Justified than the Other?

Do Different Reactions Toward Their Spouse’s Contempt Mean One Is More Justified than the Other?

Over the years, I have heard from many women who feel they have more of a right to speak harshly and disrespectfully to their husband than he does to speak unlovingly toward her.

Do Different Reactions Toward Their Spouse’s Contempt Mean One Is More Justified than the Other?

When There’s Something Else Going On Behind the Conflict

When There’s Something Else Going On Behind the Conflict

A minor unannounced U-turn after church escalates into hours of tears and despair for one wife, revealing how everyday preferences quickly spiral into the Crazy Cycle of missing love and respect.

When There’s Something Else Going On Behind the Conflict

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

As a new believer in Christ at age sixteen, I recall one night going outside my home in Peoria, Illinois, and crying out to God to show Himself to me to confirm that what I believed about Him was true. “Just appear to me!” I begged of God.

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Do Different Reactions Toward Their Spouse’s Contempt Mean One Is More Justified than the Other?

Do Different Reactions Toward Their Spouse’s Contempt Mean One Is More Justified than the Other?

Do Different Reactions Toward Their Spouse’s Contempt Mean One Is More Justified than the Other?

When There’s Something Else Going On Behind the Conflict

When There’s Something Else Going On Behind the Conflict

When There’s Something Else Going On Behind the Conflict

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

How To Learn Love and Respect: Illumination Beyond Marriage

How To Learn Love and Respect: Illumination Beyond Marriage

For over a decade Fritz Ridenour edited my books and workbooks on Love and Respect, including one that made it to the New York Times bestseller list. Beyond the professional relationship,Fritz(who I call "the king") and I have also grown together over that decade as friends. We talk on the phone regularly, since he lives in Santa Barbara (Camelot)and I in Grand Rapids (Camel's Lot).

How To Learn Love and Respect: Illumination Beyond Marriage

Why Do Good People Suffer? [Video]

Why Do Good People Suffer? [Video]

Why Do Good People Suffer? A person writes, "How many tears have I shed? Millions. How many tears does God need from me? Even though I prayed and believed for years, my parents divorced. Even though I prayed and believed for healthy children, my son is Autistic. Even though I prayed for my family, my mother died a tragic death. It seems to me that the very things I ask God for, the opposite happens. I have gone from one continuous heartache to another for my whole life! How is this ‘God's Plan’ for me??” (KJ).

Why Do Good People Suffer? [Video]

I Had No Clue What Respect Was

I Had No Clue What Respect Was

We would like to thank Aimee for sending us this heartwarming testimony of how she came to understand respect. What power it had in her marriage as well as the marriages of everyone with whom they shared this message! Thank you, Aimee! I Had NO Clue

I Had No Clue What Respect Was

4 Ways to Lovingly Discipline Your Children

4 Ways to Lovingly Discipline Your Children

Emerson and I have never forgotten the time when our son Jonathan was sixteen years old and wise in his own eyes. He was being loud and disrespectful and would not stop after Emerson confronted him. So Emerson assigned a simple consequence: “Since you are refusing to stop, here’s the deal: Every loud, disturbing, disrespectful remark will cost you one dollar out of your savings.”

4 Ways to Lovingly Discipline Your Children

Marriage Advice 101: The Best Marriage Advice for Couples

Marriage Advice 101: The Best Marriage Advice for Couples

Tired of the same marriage advice? Marriage Advice 101 reveals how unloving and disrespectful communication differences are at the root of relational conflict.

Marriage Advice 101: The Best Marriage Advice for Couples

Two Ways to Get Closer to Your Man

Two Ways to Get Closer to Your Man

Q: What do you do when respect doesn’t work? I’ve tried “respecting” my husband so many different ways, but he doesn’t offer love back. He is the silent type and we have no communication. I am tired and lonely. Yes, I have also disrespected him in my attempt to reach him, which I know drives him further away. But I am fed up with living in an empty marriage for 12 years and doing all the emotional work while he does nothing to try to change. Can you help us? Dr. E says:

Two Ways to Get Closer to Your Man

You Don’t Have To Be Married To Use Love & Respect

You Don’t Have To Be Married To Use Love & Respect

We are thrilled when we receive emails like the one from Laura below. Oftentimes people shy away from a marriage study because they aren’t married. Read how the Love and Respect message has impacted this diverse group of people! I am no wallflower. My biggest challenge is finding a relationship. I am still single (at 53) and looking for the man the Lord has in store for me. I'm no wallflower.

You Don’t Have To Be Married To Use Love & Respect

3 Ways to Parent as a Team

3 Ways to Parent as a Team

One day when our children were younger, Emerson said to me, “Sarah do you think we could get together sometime, just the two of us, and not talk about the kids?” Wait...what? Talk about something other than the kids? Didn’t Emerson, who has a Ph.D. in Child and Family Ecology, think that our kids should be our main focus? Weren’t we a team and weren’t these kids our priority?

3 Ways to Parent as a Team

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