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5 Reasons Surviving Your Wife’s Infidelity Is So Difficult

By Mary Ellen Goggin / October 17, 2022 / Comments Off on 5 Reasons Surviving Your Wife’s Infidelity Is So Difficult

Infidelity may be an equal-gender transgression. But men and women don’t necessarily handle infidelity by their spouses in equal ways. If you’re a man who has been betrayed, we’re going to discuss why surviving infidelity by your wife is so difficult. Statistics for cheating vary, depending on factors like size of the study pool and…

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How To Be Your Best Self In A Relationship

By Mary Ellen Goggin / October 3, 2022 / Comments Off on How To Be Your Best Self In A Relationship

You’re a go-getter. Everyone in your world knows that about you. You aced school, championed every sport, snagged the best job from a banquet of delicious offers. You look your best, act your best, even work to perfect your best. But there’s that other part of your life that involves your heart and another person.…

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How To Learn How To Communicate With Your Spouse

By Mary Ellen Goggin / September 20, 2022 / Comments Off on How To Learn How To Communicate With Your Spouse

You would think that love would be sufficient for good communication. I love you, you love me, we’ll always be able to talk about anything. But what a myth! Learning how to communicate with your spouse is first an education in yourself. Master that, and you can move on to the real communication of your…

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What To Do When One Partner Is Unhappy With The Marriage

By Mary Ellen Goggin / September 10, 2022 / Comments Off on What To Do When One Partner Is Unhappy With The Marriage

Isn’t it bliss when both of you are on the same page of your romance novel, coursing arm-in-arm toward happily ever after? Everything is copacetic, and even the bumps along the way read more like Singing-in-the-Rain skips. “No biggie, we’ve got this.” But – big sigh – you know life and marriage are rarely so…

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6 Strategies For Surviving Emotional Infidelity

By Mary Ellen Goggin / August 31, 2022 / Comments Off on 6 Strategies For Surviving Emotional Infidelity

Things aren’t always what they appear to be. And not everything has a textbook definition or obvious, arrow-pointing signs. Affairs, for example, aren’t necessarily driven by steamy sex and clandestine meetings. They can be masked by a slow-growing emotional connection that perhaps no one saw coming. Uncovering and surviving emotional infidelity, therefore, can be tricky.…

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The Impact Of Anxiety And Low Self-Esteem In Relationships (& What To Do About It)

By Mary Ellen Goggin / August 25, 2022 / Comments Off on The Impact Of Anxiety And Low Self-Esteem In Relationships (& What To Do About It)

Relationships, in their ideal, are as much about seeing and loving yourself as they are about seeing and loving your partner. They are also about growing and evolving – as individuals and as a committed entity of its own. But growth, let alone transformation, doesn’t happen without struggle. The impact of anxiety and low self-esteem…

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Does Counseling Help Unhappy Marriages

By Mary Ellen Goggin / August 10, 2022 / Comments Off on Does Counseling Help Unhappy Marriages

If you are asking the question, “Does counseling help unhappy marriages?” chances are your marriage has been unhappy for a while. Couples wait an average of six years before deciding to pursue marriage counseling. This is a LONG time to wait – to keep having the same disagreements, to become more and more disconnected…and to…

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How To Communicate With Your Stubborn Husband (Or Wife)

By Mary Ellen Goggin / August 1, 2022 / Comments Off on How To Communicate With Your Stubborn Husband (Or Wife)

Mention “stubborn husband” to anyone familiar with black-and-white TV, and Archie Bunker will probably come to mind. Opinionated, hard-headed, grumpy, sarcastic – stubbornness may have actually been one of his less offensive traits! If you’re a woman wondering how to communicate with your stubborn husband, you might get some helpful tips from Edith. But you’ll…

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