5 Projects to Take on Together

5 Projects to Take on Together

Do you have a list of projects on your mind at all times? There’s the self-initiated ones that just never seem to get done. The unwanted-yet-necessary ones that pop up unexpectedly. The pipe-dream projects that only live in your head and the should-do’s that hang over...
4 Ways to Get Out of A Marriage Funk

4 Ways to Get Out of A Marriage Funk

Do you ever feel like your marriage is in a funk? It’s sort of the equivalent of when you’re in a bad mood, but you can’t quite put your finger on why. Maybe you’re both crabby and short with each other a lot lately, you feel like you’re speaking different languages,...
5 Reasons to Give Back Together

5 Reasons to Give Back Together

This time of year, we talk a lot about gratitude and thankfulness, which are great concepts to keep top of mind year-round. Research has shown that feelings of gratitude alone can have positive effects on a person’s wellbeing. But that doesn’t mean it has to stop...
I Do Every Day: How Good Are You At Listening to YOur Spouse?

I Do Every Day: How Good Are You At Listening to YOur Spouse?

Anyone else feel like listening is a dying art form?  We carry our lives tucked deep within us. We long for somebody (anybody!) to simply have the occasion to ask for and absorb what’s on our minds, what makes up our lives. But communication in our world happens...
3 Ways to Better Understand Your Spouse’s Personality

3 Ways to Better Understand Your Spouse’s Personality

By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott – September 7, 2022 – Marriage Do you want to know your spouse on a deeper level? Gaining a greater understanding of your spouse’s personality (and vice versa) is one way to create more closeness in your marriage. Our inborn...
5 Tips for blending your family peacefully

5 Tips for blending your family peacefully

Have you remarried recently, and are you blending your families? Are you planning to get remarried? Remarrying when one or both of you have children can be a complex journey to embark upon. A third of Americans today are part of a stepfamily structure. When both of a...