Marriage

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

It’s amazing how often our search for answers to conflicts and situations we are dealing with in the twenty-first century ends up taking us back to the beginning of Genesis.

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

When a wife dares to share her hurt and negative feelings with her husband, she does so hoping he will humbly apologize and make efforts to do things more lovingly next time. Her goal in addressing her concerns is to get rid of her hurt, be energized, feel positive, and respond to him in caring ways.

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

A wife who has been married for twenty years to a loving, goodwilled husband and father (her words!) found herself suddenly struggling to understand how their relationship had gone south.

When the Mockingbird Finally Hears His Song

When the Mockingbird Finally Hears His Song

In a national study done years ago, four hundred men were asked to choose between one of two negative experiences: If you were forced to choose one of the following, which would you prefer to endure?

What? Respecting a Disobedient Husband - Part 2

What? Respecting a Disobedient Husband - Part 2

In part 1, we shared 1 Peter 3:1–2 and Peter’s command to a wife to remain respectful to her disobedient husband. The first major reason to do this is because by doing so they will find favor in the eyes of God.

When the Mockingbird Finally Hears His Song

What? Respecting a Disobedient Husband - Part 2

Husbands, Wake Up Before It's Too Late! - Part 2

Husbands, Wake Up Before It's Too Late! - Part 2

Did you catch Part 1 of this series? If not, read that first and then return to Part 2. This husband had stepped over the cliff and was hanging in mid-air. Did he realize it? Would he wake up in time? The husband from Part 1 continues his story by saying, “...My wife put on a happy face for the sake of our children, but inside she was hurting. She basically cried to me to never do it again--she was begging for my love and I let her down.

Husbands, Wake Up Before It’s Too Late – Part 1

Husbands, Wake Up Before It’s Too Late – Part 1

A husband writes, “Dr. Eggerichs, “I've been married for 14 years this past August. We have three great kids. I feel weird writing you this email, but I am desperate and maybe this plainly makes me feel better by opening up. The only one I can talk to for advice is my mother. My father is a good man, but I simply can't go to him for advice.

How To Forgive An Adulterous Spouse [Video]

How To Forgive An Adulterous Spouse [Video]

A husband wrote to us, "I read your post on Facebook today regarding forgiveness, but I don't understand how I can forgive my spouse when she has had two affairs. We are now divorced...Please help me understand your message."

Do You Negatively React To Motivate Your Spouse To Be More Positive?

Do You Negatively React To Motivate Your Spouse To Be More Positive?

Based on Ephesians 5:33, I have suggested two major reactions that happen in marriages: 1. When a wife feels unloved, she tends to react in ways that feel disrespectful to her husband. 2. When a husband feels disrespected, he tends to react in ways that feel unloving to his wife. Both of these reactions ignite what I call The Crazy Cycle--without love a wife reacts without respect, and without respect a husband reacts without love.