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Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale

marriage advice, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship help, Stress, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

Based on research by psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe in 1967, this index scale examines the link between stress and illness. The body is a finely tuned instrument that does not like surprises. Any sudden change in stimuli which affects the body, or the reordering of important routines that the body becomes used to, […]

I Understand Everything

Articles, Commitment Issues, Communication, marriage advice, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship help, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

Leo Tolstoy said “All, everything I understand, I understand only because of love.” The goal of listening is to understand what the other person is expressing. Seems like a simple goal, but why is it so difficult? If we listen with love, truly opening ourselves to the message our partner wants us to understand, both […]

What Makes a Great Wedding Video?

Articles, Premarital, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

By Viddedit.com Everyone wants to cover a wedding video but most of us end up failing miserably. On a wedding, you have only one chance to take the perfect shot. There are no retakes like in the other kind of shootings. Thus you have a noble duty. You have to make sure that you […]

I Won’t Give Up

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Lyrics by Jason Mraz “I Won’t Give Up” When I look into your eyes It’s like watching the night sky Or a beautiful sunrise Well, there’s so much they hold And just like them old stars I see that you’ve come so far To be right where you are How old is your soul?Well, I […]

Is Negativity Hurting Your Relationship? Ways to Be More Positive

anger, attitude, conflict, Growth, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

by Sheri Stritof (adapted) Negativity can come in the form of cynicism, criticism, whining, attacking, pessimism, discontent, perfectionism, and hyperintensity. All of these behaviors can push people away, including your partner. “Research indicates you can get mad as hell or avoid conflict altogether. But the positivity must outweigh the negativity by five to one.” Source: John […]

Can Simply Being Positive Improve Your Relationship?

attitude, Communication, conflict, Growth, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

from National Healthy Marriage Resource Center The impact of positive thinking has been touted by generations of business leaders, athletes, psychologists, and self-help gurus. One would think with all the emphasis on positive thinking, we would be flooded with positive thoughts. Unfortunately for most people, that’s simply not the case. How can we learn to […]

Is Your Smartphone Coming Between You and Your Spouse?

Articles, Boredom, conflict, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

By Greg Smalley How much do you love your smartphone? Probably not as much as the California man who married his phone in a Las Vegas wedding chapel during the summer of 2016! OK, so the ceremony in Vegas may have been ridiculous, but this man made his point about how connected people are to […]

Seven-year Itch? Boredom Can Hurt A Marriage

Adventure, Boredom, Communication, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

Science Daily 2009 Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Stony Brook University interviewed 123 couples in their seventh year of marriage and again nine years later. “These findings show directly, for the first time, that not only conflicts but […]

70 ways boredom can kill a marriage (and women are more likely to lose interest than men)

Adventure, Boredom, conflict, Growth, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

By Fiona Macrae for the Daily Mail Stale mates: The research showed that while men are more likely to be bored with a partner outside of marriage, for those couples who had tied the knot the roles reversed Women are more likely to become bored in a marriage than men, according to a study. The […]

5 Steps to Beat Boredom in Your Relationship