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What Makes A Marriage Work
By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Source: https://seekersguidance.org/articles/quran-articles/makes-marriage-work/ Shaykh Hamza Yusuf talks about some of the chal…
Talking About Finances: A Touchy Topic Made Easier for Couples
Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSWMay 24, 2021 Source: https://www.gottman.com/blog/talking-about-finances-a-touchy-topic-made-easier-for-couples/ Create a sha…
Turn Towards Instead of Away
Zach Brittle, LMHCApril 1, 2015 Source: https://www.gottman.com/blog/turn-toward-instead-of-away/ How do you turn towards instead of away? In order to…
Seriously. What’s the Point of Marriage?
Nate Bagley May 7, 2018 Source: https://www.gottman.com/blog/seriously-whats-point-marriage-growth/ The point of marriage is not happiness. The point …
Third-Party Mediation Increases Relationship Satisfaction Following An Argument
by Farwa Batool Contrary to what the movies would have you believe, romantic relationships invariably involve conflict. It may seem like arguing with …
Married to Their Smartphones (Oh, and to Each Other, Too)
By Brooke Lea Foster, Oct. 28, 2016 Sherry Zheng was cleaning up from dinner, ready to toss out the remaining fried rice, when she grabbed her phone f…
8 Traits of a Happy Marriage, According to a Couples Therapist
By Matt Christensen What makes for a happy marriage? Well, it’s safe to say that the happiest long-lasting couples probably don’t have affairs or lie …
What Does a Healthy Relationship Look Like?
By Andrea Bonior Ph.D. Much of my professional career has involved speaking, writing, and interpreting research about how to handle relationships that…
6 Surprising Ways to Communicate Better With Your Partner
By F..Diane Barth L.C.S.W Are you having trouble talking about your feelings with someone you love? Does your partner run the other way any time you b…
How to Get Clear on What You Want in a Partner
By Sara Davenport I don’t know about you, but doesn’t it seem like getting clear about what we want should be the easy part? We should just know what …
Building Attraction: Which Matters More, Looks or Personality?
Building Attraction: Which Matters More, Looks or Personality? By DR. Nerdlove There’s a lot of debate about building attraction when it comes to dat…
Why Physical Attraction Matters, and When It Might Not
By Madeline A Fugere Ph.D. Consider the characteristics that are often considered desirable in a mate—a sense of humor, intelligence, kindness, unders…
11 tips for Muslim couples dealing with marital disputes in the West
By Abdul Malik Mujahid Marriages usually start off so nicely. Everyone cooperates-the couple, their parents, other relatives, friends. Things usually …
10 Habits of Happy Muslim Couples
By Zaynab Chinoy What does it take to stay Muslim, married and extremely happy today? As oxymoronic as that just sounded, believe it or not, it’s abso…
The Spark is Missing!
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.…
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…