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Unfaithful: Hope And Healing After Infidelity When first dealing with infidelity, the pain and shame can make recovery seem unlikely. Too many people see an affair as a death-sentence for a marriage, but Gary and Mona Shriver are proof that recovery and forgiveness are possible and worth the effort and have created a ministry dedicated to couples whose marriages have been [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Introduction To PAIRS You may have heard of PAIRS workshops for improving the intimacy in your marriage, but what issues can it address in your marriage, and is it the right environment for you and your spouse? Dr. Susan Orenstein joins us to talk about the PAIRS workshops that have become increasingly popular for both happily and unhappily [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Change Your Mindset, Not Your Man Why is it so much more tempting to get rid of your spouse rather than to work on the issues causing problems in your marriage? Sally Watkins joins us to discuss her new book, Change Your Mindset, Not Your Man, and explore how men and women are socialized to have certain expectations of how a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going Back To School Without Putting Your Marriage In Detention Whether it’s full-time, or during the evenings, a spouse in school can create a lot of tension in a marriage. It’s not just a couple’s schedules that are impacted, but everything from household chores and time with the kids to intimacy with your spouse. Dr. Nicole Imbragugli0 joins us to look at what aspects of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Your Family Tree To Blame For Your Fights? Are the unresolved conflicts in your marriage less about an unwillingness to compromise and more about the differences in your families of origin and how you were raised? Is the all too common reaction of assuming that our own approach is right, so our spouse must be wrong making the rift bigger? Marilyn Harding joins [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rising To New Heights With Your Wingspouse The demands of a high-level executive or political job can often overrun a marriage, and leave the other spouse with the option of trying to pursue a career of his or her own and risk dividing the marriage, or solely being the stay-at-home parent and feeling unfulfilled, unappreciated, and trapped. Is there any way to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Facebook Affairs Social networks like Facebook and MySpace can be a great way to get in touch with friends and classmates from your past, but also make emotional and sometimes physical relationships that harm your marriage as easy as clicking and typing. Sage Navarra joins us to explore what makes these online relationships so appealing, what causes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Don’t Let Your New Job Cost You Your Old Spouse Changing jobs, or even careers has become a common occurrence in today’s economic climate and can be one of the most disruptive events in a couple’s relationship. Dr. Tina Lepage returns to the show to take a look at what makes these transitions so stressful to a marriage and shares tips on how to keep [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fight That Never Ends When an argument is brewing, do you know exactly how it will play out before the first angry word is said? Are you constantly having the same argument over and over without ever resolving the root issue? Stephen Hawthorne joins us to examine why we avoid tackling the problems that cause us to have the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amish Marriage Survival Tips Divorce is almost non-existent in the Amish community, but is there anything we can learn from their approach without giving up modern life? Suzanne Woods Fisher joins us to discuss her latest book, Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World. In the book, Suzanne shares stories from the time she spent researching and living [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whose Fault Is The Affair? Has an affair left you unable to trust or respect your spouse, or are you concerned that a growing emotional distance between you and your partner may lead to infidelity? Dr. Stephen Frueh returns to the show to discuss what role each spouse plays in an affair and recovery and take a look at traditional [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Happened To Your Sex Drive? Has a lack of sex become an indicator of bigger problems in your marriage? Is the stress of raising kids and working simply compounding the problem? Alisa Bowman joins us to discuss why it is so easy to write off a sexless marriage as finished, why we lose desire in the first place, and what [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Your TV Ruining Your Marriage? Has the need to check one more email, take one more call, or watch one more episode made family time and one-on-one communication with your spouse an impossibility? Do you feel that your partner has tuned you out in favor of constant connectivity to things outside your marriage? Dr. Colleen Hamilton returns to the show [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Marriage First Aid Kit Is it inevitable that as a marriage matures, satisfaction and communication suffer, or are we simply ill-equipped to manage the emotional changes that are a natural part of relationships? Dr. Bryce Kaye joins us to explore the main reasons marriages lose their verve and how understanding the reflexive nature of our emotions can help repair them, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spotting An Emotionally Destructive Marriage The signs of physical abuse are often easy to recognize, but do you know the indicators of emotional abuse in a relationship? Where do we draw the line between a benign sarcastic exchange every now and then and behavior that is truly hurtful to one or both spouses? Dr. Michael Hall joins us to examine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do You Treat Your Spouse Like A Child? Where is the line between a normal concern for your spouse’s well-being, and micr0-managing his or her every decision? Are problems with respect and control solely the fault of the “parent” in the relationship, or do both spouses play a part in creating this kind of dynamic? Dr. Katrina Kuzyszyn-Jones joins us to look at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Connecting When You’re Expecting With a baby on the way, life can become even more hectic than usual and your relationship with your spouse can be one of the first things to suffer. The physical changes can be hard enough to deal with, but what impact do changes in mood, increased responsibility, and the limelight (or lack thereof for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Your Fat Spouse Has weight become a “big” issue in your marriage? Is it leading to intimacy problems, control issues, and health concerns that you don’t know how to address?  It’s easy for a marriage to run into trouble when one spouse puts on a significant amount of weight but can be difficult to address in a compassionate and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Did I Marry The Right Person? Have you ever asked yourself if your spouse is the right person for you? Do you find that your marriage presents challenges you didn’t expect and wonder if you aren’t as “compatible” with your spouse as you thought? Rabbi Stephen Baars joins us to discuss why we have these feelings, what our expectations of marriage can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Your Spouse Always Wrong? Why is it so easy to blame the problems in your marriage solely on your spouse, but so difficult to examine your own contributions to problems in the relationship? Is it possible to improve the situation with your spouse by changing your own behaviors? Counselor and broadcast personality Carolyn Craft joins us to discuss [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stand Your Ground Without Fighting Do you find that personality differences between you and your spouse lead to constant arguements? Is your passive or agressive behavior fueling your spouse’s behavior as well? Liza Shaw joins us to discuss the perils of both passive and agressive behavior and how you can be assertive – voicing your opinion without being abrasive and without [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How To Keep Your Spouse When You Lose Your Job Unemployment is taking a toll on more and more families. While some spouses find themselves suddenly without jobs, others are thrust back into the working world in order to keep the family afloat. These kinds of changes are not only traumatic for the individual, but can cause depression and anxiety that put stress on the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flowers, Trust Me Flowers may be the de facto standard for Valentine’s Day or when you’re in the dog house, but can flowers or a special gift for no reason at all really win you points with your spouse? Ben Buie and Sharon Miller of Lake Boone Florist join us to talk about how to pick the right [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do You Still Love Me? Do you feel that your spouse’s lack of appreciation is a sign that he or she is no longer happy with the relationship? Or is your spouse upset with your marriage while you think things are going fine? This dynamic can lead to feelings of betrayal that quickly spiral into much larger problems like suspicion and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surviving An Affair Affairs or even the suspicion of an affair can drive a huge wedge into a couple’s marriage.  Author Peggy Vaughan joins us in studio to discuss her own experience with her husband’s affair as well as discussing how a married couple can get past the affair on their way to continuing a happy and fulfilling [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paying for Marriage Counseling Sometimes, the hardest part of getting to marriage counseling is taking care of the cost. Not knowing how counselors bill, or how much counseling will cost can end up putting more pressure on an already strained relationship. Dr. Tina Lepage joins us to discuss what options therapists provide and how to find the therapist that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sleeping With Your Spouse Is your spouse restless, a snorer, or a night-owl? Do you sleep in separate beds because  you can’t agree on temperature or bedtime? Tina Lepage returns to the show to look at issues that couples face when sleeping in the same bed and the importance of creating a pleasant and relaxing bedtime experience with your spouse. Tina [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are You Too Dependent on Your Spouse? Is your marriage lopsided? Is one spouse so emotionally dependent on the other that it is causing tension and stress between the two of you? Jennifer Coleman joins us to examine the line between a healthy and unhealthy emotional dependence on your spouse and what you can do to identify and correct dependency issues in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Strengthening Intimacy With Your Spouse Has physical intimacy taken a back seat to other responsibilities in your marriage?  Have you tried rekindling the spark you and your spouse had when you were first married with little success? Terry Northcutt, Director of Marriage Enrichment Programs with the Family Dynamics Institute,  joins us to discuss how to strengthen that intimate bond and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How To Date Your Spouse Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting Do you find yourself in endless fights with your spouse that never seem to resolve anything? Or perhaps you never discussing important issues and just letting them fester. Dr. Colleen Hamilton shares strategies for putting an end to destructive fighting and turning conflict into a process that is both constructive and beneficial to the marriage, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 50 Years - Possible? What’s the secret to a lifelong marriage? Sheryl Kurland, author of “Everlasting Matrimony: Pearls of Wisdom From Couples Married 50 Years Or More”, joins us to share what she learned from the 75 happily married couples she interviewed for her book, and how to put their advice to work in your relationship. You can find out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Family Meetings - Ugh! It would be nice to sit down with everyone for dinner or a discussion, but with everyone’s busy lives, is rounding up the family for some time together even possible? Dr. Kristen Wynns returns to the show to share her tips on working family time into a hectic schedule and discusses the importance of regular [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Romance Writer’s Guide To Marriage Is it possible to add the romantic flare of an epic fantasy to your daily life of work, carpool, and grocery shopping? Are big, gallant gestures always required to make your spouse feel loved, or are the smaller, every-day expressions of care and commitment more important? Romance author Sonja Foust joins us to discuss what she [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Marriage Money Pit Financial stress can take a toll on even the strongest marriages and in today’s uncertain economic climate, the differences in spending habits between spouses, lack of a family budget, and everyday money issues put us all at risk of a meltdown. Dr. Kim Kimberling joins us to discuss the money mistakes he sees couples making on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Pornography Destroying Your Marriage? What used to require a secret trip to a shady newsstand and the risk of being spotted by a friend or neighbor is now just keyclicks away. With pornography becoming easier to obtain and less of a social stigma, has its presence become a stumbling-block in your relationship? Dr. Nicole Imbraguglio joins us to discuss the patterns and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I’m Sorry, Really, I’m Sorry! Apologizing can be a lot more difficult than it seems. Dr. Kristen Wynns joins us to discuss why some of us find it so hard to apologize to our spouses, the impact of always needing to be right on a marriage, why making your spouse believe your apology is for real can be difficult, as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Love Shack: Creating A Bedroom Oasis For Romance  Is your bedroom so cluttered or so spartan that relaxation and romance are simply impossible? Most of us are guilty of either filling up the bedroom with junk that won’t fit anywhere else, or treating it like a cold and sterile museum. Jenna Boyd joins us to cover common mistakes in bedroom organization and to share tips [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting Your Husband To Do What You Want Everyone has incidents where a spouse (either husband or wife) is resistant to cooperation or compromise. What kind of factors lead to this behavior? Do parents, social norms, or other factors have a bigger impact? Dr. Tina Lepage joins us to discuss common issues where husbands and wives have disagreements and how to assess and resolve [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How To Choose a Marriage Counselor Choosing a marriage counselor can be a difficult and sometimes scary task. Where do you find a qualified counselor? Will your insurance cover therapy? How can you be sure that you and your spouse are getting the most out of therapy and that the counselor you have selected is a good fit for your relationship? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Managing The Monkey Mind Whether it’s picking up the kids, checking email on the blackberry, obsessing over a conversation at work last week, or worrying about what to do for dinner tonight - we’re all trying to do 100 things at once. It’s tempting to stay busy in an effort to feel productive, but what if all of this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Make Valentine’s Day Special Click here to view the embedded video. We would like to thank you for listening to our show every week and wish you all a very happy Valentine’s Day. It’s rare that we have more than a few quick minutes in a day to really communicate with our spouses, but it’s important to take every opportunity [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tending An Empty Nest Sometimes, a couple can’t wait to get the kids out of the house, but in other circumstances, when the children leave, feelings of loneliness can be amplified and there aren’t other family members around to serve as a distraction from other issues that are affecting a marriage. Susan Orenstein, Ph.D. joins us to discuss the positive and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arranging Your Space to Improve Your Marriage Is your living space having a negative impact on your relationship? Many couples would not think that the home environment itself can have an effect on marital bliss, but Jenna Boyd and Susan Orenstein, Ph.D. join us to discuss how clutter, color, and emotional distractions can create stress and tension that robs your marriage of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sexual Incompatibility Every marriage faces issues where one or both partners feel frustrated with the level of intimacy in the relationship, but these incompatibility problems can create bigger difficulties when spouses feel like they can’t bring up the topic with their partners. Dr. Katrina Kuzyszyn joins us to discuss how you can bring up issues of sexual [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Put Yourself First To Stay Married It’s tough not to be busy these days, but can over-extending yourself and not placing enough importance on your own needs be detrimental to your marriage? Dr. Pat Hogan joins us to discuss how putting all of your focus on others, including your spouse, can actually make you emotionally unavailable for your partner. Neglecting your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Indecision: It Can Kill Your Marriage Making big (or even small) decisions can often be tough - the responsibility and conflict it can bring are issues that can’t be taken lightly, but living in a perpetual state of “maybe” can harm both you and your relationship. Dr. Stephen Frueh joins us to discuss the importance of knowing the “yes”s and “no”s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Assume Love, Not War Do you find youself immediately jumping to the conclusion that everything your spouse does is meant to upset you? Patty Newbold joins us to discuss how assuming that your spouse is acting out of love can prevent countless marital problems and give you a healthier perspective on your relationship. Patty also covers how prone we are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 4 Step Relationship Review Married life can be hectic - are you taking time to cover the nuts and bolts of your relationship on a regular basis? Cory Huff from AGoodHusband.net and HusbandsAndDads.com joins us to talk about a weekly 4 Step Relationship Review that he has implemented in his marriage and the impact it has had on his relationship. Cory discusses [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Be a Great Parent Without Becoming a Lousy Spouse Parenting can be tough and sometimes all your hard work can come at the expense of your spouse. It’s easy to neglect each other when you’re focusing on the children - the key is to save some of the focus for both of you. Rabbi Stephen Baars has been counseling couples on their marriages for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Helping Your Spouse and Yourself Fight Depression Are the feelings of irritability, withdrawal, and tiredness that you or your spouse are feeling just temporary, or signs of a bigger problem? Dr. Nicole Imbraguglio joins us to discuss how easy it can be to let depression go unnoticed and the toll that depression can have on children, the other spouse, and the entire marriage. Dr. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Marriage Counselor Goes to Marriage Counseling What makes a marriage counselor decide to go in for counseling? Jennifer Coleman is a Life Transition Coach with Rosen Law Firm who has worked as a marriage counselor as well and joins us to talk about her experience visiting a marriage therapist with her husband. Jennifer discusses how she and her husband decided on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are the Holidays Stressing Your Marriage? Does the upcoming holiday season leave you feeling more anxious than thankful? Dealing with families, money concerns and more can be very overwhelming. How do you juggle everything without losing your head? Is it even possible? Dr. Kim Kimberling joins us to share some helpful tips on keeping yourself and your spouse sane during the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping With the Fallout of Post-Traumatic Stress Are issues of past trauma or present anxiety causing conflict in your relationship?  Whether it comes from obvious sources, like military deployment and sexual abuse, or is a side effect of more subtle traumas like put-downs, verbal abuse and neglect, the deep-seated anxiety and stress related issues can manifest themselves as problems with communication and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does Hypnosis Have a Place in Your Marriage? Can hypnosis really help your marriage? It may come as a surprise to some, but the answer is yes. The use of hypnosis is a technique that allows you to reveal your inner thoughts and make significant progress in your relationship and your life. Dr. Kathleen Connolly joins us and reveals how hypnosis really works and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 7 Benefits of Marriage For Men It’s always nice to be reminded that you’ve made a good decision, and being married and involved in your child’s life are two of the greatest decisions you can make. Roland Warren, President of the National Fatherhood Initiative joins us to discuss the NFI’s popular brochure, The 7 Benefits of Marriage For Men. Roland covers [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Intimacy Retreats Can a weekend getaway really help your marriage? Does counseling with other couples have benefits over a more traditional approach? Richard and Diana Daffner join us to discuss their “Intimacy Retreats”, where couples take a weekend to focus exclusively on the intimate bond with each other and cover the key differences between traditional therapy and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is your procrastinating spouse hurting your marriage? We’ve all procrastinated at some point, but when avoiding important issues becomes a compulsion, it can have negative effects on your relationship.  Dr. Gloria Arenson joins us to talk about her latest book, Procrastination Nation, and discusses the serious consequences that arise when spouses avoid completing tasks - a behavior often motivated my fear. Gloria is a psychotherapist, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Avoiding Infidelity It’s always better to stop a problem before it begins than trying to fix it after the fact.  Dr. Betty Phillips joins us to discuss some of the underlying causes of marital infidelity and why problems couples have that may seem trivial or unrelated to the relationship can lead to affairs.  Dr. Phillips also takes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Commuter Marriage Keeping your marriage healthy takes a lot of work under the best of circumstances.  Tina Tessina, a.k.a. “Dr. Romance”, joins us to talk about her latest book, The Commuter Marriage and discusses what steps couples can take when one spouse is away for days or weeks at a time. Work assignments, better paying jobs, and military [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Commuter Marriage", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/10/06/the-commuter-marriage/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Treat Your Marriage Like Your Teeth! By Betty Phillips Now what kind of whacked-out title is this?  Is Phillips off her rocker?  Well, just think about it.  We’re told to pay daily attention to our dental health, brush and floss each night and seek professional assessment with dental checkups every six months.  When a dental problem is discovered we invest immediately in corrective [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Treat Your Marriage Like Your Teeth!", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/09/29/treat-your-marriage- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adoption and Marriage Children add a new dynamic to every marriage, and adopting can bring challenges and rewards all its own.  Parker Herring, an adoption attorney in Raleigh, NC, talks about the adoption process, what to expect, and what part adoption can play in marriage. Parker also discusses her own experience with the adoption of her children, and what [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Adoption and Marriage", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/09/23/adoption-and-marriage/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 10 Best Decisions a Couple Can Make Bill and Pam Farrel join us to talk about their book, The 10 Best Decisions a Couple Can Make, and explain the importance of emotions and communication in making decisions for the good of your relationship. The Farrels also discuss the importance of keeping a positive outlook regardless of the challenges your relationship faces, as well [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The 10 Best Decisions a Couple Can Make", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/09/15/the-10-best-decisions-a-couple-ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website September Songs  Author and researcher Maggie Scarf joins us to discuss her latest book, September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years.  In the book, Maggie examines the “Bonus Years”, or 20+ years after 50 that increased life expectancy has created in the past few generations, and takes a look at how marital satisfaction [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "September Songs", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/09/08/september-songs/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Your First Visit Does the idea of visiting a marriage counselor seem like admitting a problem in your relationship, or do you just find the whole experience intimidating? Licenced therapist Sonyia Richardson joins us to put your fears to rest by walking through a first visit and covering the benefits of counseling to both couples who are [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Your First Visit", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/09/01/your-first-visit/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fighting Fairly The openness of marriage is an opportunity for a great deal of trust, but can also result in your most personal information used against you in heated arguements. Dr. Katrina Kuzsyzyn-Jones discusses the effects of using intimate knowledge in fights with your spouse and offers tips for fighting constructively, without personal attacks. Katrina holds a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fighting Fairly", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/08/25/fighting-fairly/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dealing Lovingly With Disapointment Every marriage has ups and downs, but it can sometimes be difficult to make sure that the inevitable disappointments don’t grow into larger problems and adversely affect a couple’s relationship. Dr. Steevie Jane Parks takes time to discuss some common events that lead to disappointment in a marriage and how each spouse reacts, as [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dealing Lovingly With Disapointment", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/08/18/dealing-lovingly-with-disapoint ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping With Your Child’s Behavioral and Emotional Issues Children can place stress on any marriage, and when kids are dealing with behavioral or emotional problems, it can often be even more trying on the parents. Dr. Kristen Wynns returns to discuss some of the differences between chronic problems and those that are a natural part of development, as well as what parents [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Coping With Your Child’s Behavioral and Emotional Issues", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/08/11/coping-with-your-childs-behavio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Effects of Marital Conflict on Your Kids Is conflict in your marriage taking a toll on your children? Even if the arguments take place behind closed doors, they can still impact your kids. Dr. Kristen Wynns discusses some tactics parents often use without realizing the effects and how parents can resolve conflicts in a constructive manner that provides a positive [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Effects of Marital Conflict on Your Kids", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/08/04/the-effects-of-marital-conflict-on-your- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SHM Encore: Battling Substance Abuse We will return with new episodes next week. Please enjoy this popular episode with guest Erin Langdon. Substance abuse is a problem that affects many families in the U.S. In this podcast, Erin Langdon, a Licensed Practicing Clinician and Clinicial Addictions Specialist, discusses substance abuse and its affect on a marriage. She also gives tips [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SHM Encore: Battling Substance Abuse", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/07/28/shm-encore-battling-substa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SHM Encore: Building an Us Have you built an “Us” in your marriage? In this podcast, Lesli Doares, LMFT, discusses the concept of building an “Us,” for married couples. Doares gives a list of steps to follow for the most crucial transition in your marriage. Lesli’s practice in Cary, North Carolina, Balanced Family Therapy, focuses on helping couples build strong, secure relationships. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SHM Encore: Building an Us", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/07/21/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marriage Counseling: For Us? By Betty Phillips Why do people think twice about calling a marriage counselor when they don’t hesitate to call other specialists for professional services? Tax advisers, interior designers, home inspectors, doctors, dentists, all stand ready to provide advice and consultation services when requested. There’s no need for any admission of failure when you call a tax [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Marriage Counseling: For Us?", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/07/14/mar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Another Happy Year Anniversaries are wonderful, but it’s easy to fall into the “flowers and dinner once a year” routine. Dr. Susan Orenstein returns to discuss what anniversaries mean in the context of marriage, and how they can be fantastic tools for appreciating your spouse improving your relationship. She explores the little things spouses can do to make [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Another Happy Year", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/07/07/another-happy-year/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to Argue and Stay Married! By Betty Phillips After the honeymoon, when you realize that 50% of all marriages actually do end in divorce, marriage partners begin to realize the enormity of the tasks involved in staying happily married. Positive conflict management becomes a high priority in keeping marriages together. All couples argue, even in successful marriages, but happily married partners [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to Argue and Stay Married!", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/06/30/how-to-argu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teaming Up to Conquer Your Finances Are finances an open book in your marriage, or is money a taboo subject? Financial Advisor Bob Watral takes a look at how money can bring out the best and the worst in people and what you can do to ensure that finances don’t create a rift between you and your spouse. Many [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Teaming Up to Conquer Your Finances", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/06/23/teaming-up-to-conquer-your-finances/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Emotional Vs. Sexual Intimacy Worried that your spouse cannot satisfy you intimately? In this episode Dr. Debbie Neel returns (her previous visit can be found here) to discuss the differences of emotional intimacy and sexual intimacy, saying that integrating them allows for a strong, satisfied marriage. Emotional intimacy is the understanding, appreciation, and acceptance between mates: the ‘I love [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Emotional Vs. Sexual Intimacy", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/06/16/emotional- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Happy Father’s Day Happy Father’s Day! Dr. Susan Orenstein discusses the importance of the father’s role in a successful marriage and happy family, which has changed from being the distant, work-oriented bread winner to being a nurturing caregiver with greater participation in his children’s activities and lives. Dr. Orenstein debunks many myths about marriage and fatherhood which have [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Happy Father’s Day", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/06/06/happy-fathers-day ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids “Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids” takes a look at restoring the intimate bond between spouses after the changes in life that take place once children enter the picture. Author Kimberly Ford discusses the book and what prompted her to write it, as well as what she learned in the process. The [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/06/02/hump-true-tales-of-sex-after-kids/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This Old Spouse: Tips and Tools for Keeping the Honeymoon Glow Why are we quick to repair a clog in the kitchen sink, but let problems in our relationship pile up without fixing them? In this episode, Sharyn Wolf discusses her book “This Old Spouse: Tips and Tools for Keeping the Honeymoon Glow”, and how relating issues with your spouse to issues with your house [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "This Old Spouse: Tips and Tools for Keeping the Honeymoon Glow", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/05/27/this-old-spouse-tips-and-tools-for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Maturing of Love and Desire Do changes in desire for your spouse mean that you are no longer in love? Debbie Neel, PhD. discusses how intimacy and desire mature over the course of a marriage and how to understand and enjoy a deeper relationship with your spouse. Physiological and hormonal changes that occur throughout a marriage may often [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Maturing of Love and Desire", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/05/19/the-maturing-of-love-and-desire/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Creating More Intimacy It can be difficult to make an intimate relationship with your spouse a priority when a few years of work, kids, and other day-to-day responsibilities have crept in to your lives. When communication breaks down, the temptation to seek fulfillment outside of the marriage becomes much greater. Sherri Hughes, Certified Life Coach, Reiki [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Creating More Intimacy", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/05/12/creating-more-intimacy/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What I Learned About Marriage From Being a Divorce Coach Hindsight is 20/20, but sometimes we can learn from the mistakes of others and avoid problems ourselves. Host Lee Rosen and guest Jennifer Coleman, a divorce coach with the Rosen Law Firm, discuss Jennifer’s experience in what she has learned about keeping a relationship strong by examining where others have fallen apart. This episode touches [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What I Learned About Marriage From Being a Divorce Coach", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/05/05/wha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping with an illness in your marriage A serious illness puts incredible stress on even the strongest relationship. This week’s guest, David Garver LMFT, and host Lee Rosen discuss the emotional and psychological impact of an illness on both the well and the ill spouse, and touch on how these events can affect previous issues in the relationship, as well as [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Coping with an illness in your marriage", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/04/28/coping-with-an-illness-in-your-marriage/" }) ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Achieving Balance: Individual Vs. Couple Many of us know couples who seem to have lost their own identities after they began dating. But what kind of problems can this cause in a long-term relationship or marriage? This week, Dr. Dan Ryan analyzes the “Popeye defense” and gives tips for how to achieve balance in your relationship by being an individual [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Achieving Balance: Individual Vs. Couple Many of us know couples who seem to have lost their own identities after they began dating. But what kind of problems can this cause in a long-term relationship or marriage? This week, Dr. Dan Ryan analyzes the “Popeye defense” and gives tips for how to achieve balance in your relationship by being an individual [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Achieving Balance: Individual Vs. Couple", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/04/14/achieving-balance-individual-vs-couple/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After an Affair Infidelity. Distrust. Anger. Heartbreak. 25% of men and 15% of women will have an extramarital affair. An affair can end any marriage. But, it doesn’t have to. In this episode, Carmella Broome, a Licensed Professional Counselor with Crossroads Counseling Center in Lexington, South Carolina, talks about how couples can repair their marriage post-affair. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "After an Affair", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/04/07/after-an-affair/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When Your Spouse Has a Problem with Substance Abuse Substance abuse is a problem that affects many families in the U.S. In this podcast, Erin Langdon, a Licensed Practicing Clinician and Clinicial Addictions Specialist, discusses substance abuse and its affect on a marriage. She also gives tips for how to deal with your spouse’s problem with substance abuse and the recovery process. Erin [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "When Your Spouse Has a Problem with Substance Abuse", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/03/31/when-your-spo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Relocation - When a Family has to Move Moving is one of the most stressful situations one can endure. It is not surprising that many couples decide to divorce shortly after relocating. There are a multitude of unforeseen problems and frustrations that come with the process of moving your life. Whether is it across town or across the country, it [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Relocation - When a Family has to Move", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/03/24/relocation-when-a-family-has-to-move/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stay Happily Married With Children, Part II No two people are raised alike and this can cause big issues for couples with differing parenting styles. In this podcast, Dr. Tina Lepage discusses how to sort out the problems that come with trying to negotiate with your spouse over how to raise the children. Dr. Tina Lepage is the founder of Lepage Associates, a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Stay Happily Married With Children, Part II", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/03/17/stay-happily-married-with-children-part-ii/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stay Happily Married with Children Having children can certainly impose challenges on your marriage. Couples with children face the test of time… not enough time in the day, that is. In this podcast, Dr. Tina Lepage discusses how to manage the burden of time management with children. Dr. Tina Lepage is the founder of Lepage Associates, a full-service psychology [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Stay Happily Married with Children", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/03/10/stay-happily-married-with-children/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Building an Us Have you built an “Us” in your marriage? In this podcast, Lesli Doares, LMFT, discusses the concept of building an “Us,” for married couples. Doares gives a list of steps to follow for the most crucial transition in your marriage. Lesli’s practice in Cary, Balanced Family Therapy, focuses on helping couples build strong, secure relationships. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Building an Us", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/03/03/building-an-us/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who’s Taking the Initiative? Do you often find yourself fighting with your spouse over who takes initiative in the relationship? Are you unsure as to what type of “initiative” your partner is seeking? In this podcast, Dr. Tina Lepage discusses the underlying feelings that fuel these disagreements and outlines steps to take for the road to recovery. Dr. Tina Lepage [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Who’s Taking the Initiative?", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/02/25/whos-taking-the-initiativ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When He Won’t Go to Marriage Counseling It is often found that when a couple is having marital problems, the wife is in favor of going to marriage counseling while her husband is against the idea. In this 20 minute podcast, Dr. Michael Hall discusses what tactics are doomed to failure and which simple strategies work for wives who want to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "When He Won’t Go to Marriage Counseling", url: "http://stayhappilymarried.com/2008/02/18/when-he-wont-go-to-marriage-counseling/" }); Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Valentine’s Day - Stay married for another year Valentine’s Day is coming up fast. Love is on the line. Don’t blow it! Ten of the Nation’s top Marriage Counselors share their top tips for how to stay happily married on Valentine’s Day. Don’t leave anything to chance - listen to this podcast - twice. Our experts include - Sandra Dopf, Certified Master Level Life Coach Jennifer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Introducing the podcast Lee Rosen and Jennifer Griffin introduce the podcast and provide some insight regarding future episodes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website