People are quick to point to the aptly named “spark” as being the problem in almost all relationships beyond the exciting wedding and honeymoon phase.…
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4 Things You Need Besides Love in a Marriage
By Cassandra Soars Remember how you felt when you first fell in love? Remember feeling like your world revolved around the other person and that all y…
5 Reasons Husbands have a Difficult Time with Emotional Connection
By Cassandra Soars Darren and Heather Turner never thought they would have marriage problems. After all, they were supposed to be helping other couple…
How Expectations Affect One’s Happiness in Marriage
By Dianne Grande, Ph.D. A simple way to improve your marriage is to change your expectations. Better yet, drop some of them. If I sound cynical, pleas…
10 Tips for Solving Relationship Conflicts
By Gwendolyn Seidman Ph.D. As anyone who has been in a romantic relationship knows, disagreements and fights are inevitable. When two people spend a l…
Five Truths About Marriage All Couples Need to Understand
By Forrest Talley Ph.D. I was recently asked what the core principles are for building a strong marriage. It’s an interesting question. Trying t…
7 Marriage Secrets of Successful Couples
By: Cassandra Soars Most people know a couple who have a marriage to admire. My husband and I met a lovely Dutch couple in Toronto at a conference alm…
5 Habits of Happily Married Couples
by Cassandra Soars Research shows in order to have a happy marriage, you must do 5 nice things for every negative one. 5 to 1! This morning my husband…
Advice for the Husband and Wife from Mufti Muhammad Yusuf Danka.
By: Mufti Muhammad Yusuf Danka. Allah has stated in the Holy Qur’an: ‘O Mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, who created you from a single person, and fr…
10 Ways to Make Your Marriage a Priority
By : Sheila Wray Gregoire How do you make your marriage a priority? We talk about it all the time, but how do you actually do it? Having a great marri…
Secret to a Happy Marriage: Put Your Spouse First
By. Mel Robbins The E! reporter, Giuliana Rancic, said putting her husband first, and the baby second is the secret to her happy marriage. I couldn’t …
3 Ways to Keep Your Relationship in the Positive Perspective
By Maureen Werrbach, LCPC Consider these two scenarios. Dave has been married for 10 years. When he is away from his partner and thinks of her, he usu…
The One Thing Any Couple Can Do for Better Connection and Intimacy
By Luis Congdon If love were enough, all couples would be happy. The simple truth is relationships take work. Most of us are willing to spend hours pe…
Three Pieces Of Marriage Advice You Should Actually Listen To
By Michael Griswold Inside most of us is the yearning desire to find that one person with whom we can spend the rest of our lives. We long to grow old…
How To Show Your Partner They’re Loved, Based On Their Love Language
By Kelsey Borresen In relationships, people tend to show love to a partner in the way they’d personally most like to receive it. For example, those of…
How to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Work, According to Experts
By Jo Piazza I may be standing on top of a mountain in New Zealand, 7,000 miles away from my husband, but I don’t think we’ve ever been happier or fel…
The Best Relationship Advice I Ever Received
By Sheiresa Ngo Relationships are hard. They take a lot of dedication, focus, and work. Finding the right person to settle down with can often feel li…
Gratitude and the Nurturing of Relationships
By Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D., and Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D. Relationships are living entities that need to be fed so as to remain healthy. There are m…
16 Secrets To Staying In That Honeymoon Phase Your Whole Life
By Tyson Popplestone In November this year my wife Jessie and I will celebrate five years of marriage. I’m lucky to be able to say it really has…
Using mediation to solve marital disputes mutually
Salma” and “Hassan” were about to call it quits. She was fed up with his behavior and both of them argued to the point that they wan…
6 tips for friends and family for dealing with marital disputes in the West
Family and friends can play an important but hidden role in helping married couples maintain a strong relationship. Parents, parents-in-laws and frien…
Conquering marriage boredom
10 tips to spice up your marriage You’ve moved past that giddy “honeymoon phase” and settled into a comfortable lifestyle with your …
The Sakinah Healthy Marriage Initiative (SHMI)
Building Healthy Marriages and Families Among Muslims in America The Islamic Social Services Association’s Sakinah Healthy Marriage Initiative (…
Building bridges of trust with your loved one
So you are a newly-wed couple and wondering how do I earn by loved one’s trust? Or you may be married for a while now and lately you feel your spouse …
When the trust disappears from our relations
In the eyes of Islam, Trust (Amanah) has a very broad sense. The word contains an ocean of meaning, but underneath it all is the sense of responsibili…
How arbitration can help Muslim couples resolve conflicts
Before a couple experiencing conflict in their marriage decides to go forward with a divorce, there are a number of options they can consider to try t…
Spiritual harmony in Muslim marriage
The Qur’an categorically states that the objective of marriage, besides perpetuating human life, is also spiritual harmony or creating “an abode…
The Purpose of Marriage
The society we live in provoke many thoughts in regards to the purpose of marriage. We see all around us that people are letting go of marriage and re…
Managing Stress Series – Anger Management
Not being able to manage your anger is one of the biggest causes of marriage breakups and surprisingly enough being angry has many physical side effec…
A consistent plan for children
Whenever you will speak to any expert or person who has any experience regarding parenting you will hear this over and over again; consistency or bein…