One of my fellow Success Teams leaders asked me a couple of interesting questions recently on behalf of some of her team members. How do you get a partner (or a friend) who is resistant, to express THEIR goals, and How do you get a partner who is threatened by your new enthusiasm to support YOUR goals? The answer to the first one is simple. You don’t. You may hope to support a...
I have had times when I don’t feel loved by the wonderful person I married. I’m guessing you have, too. Do you know why this happens? It’s really not sunspots affecting the guys and gals we married. Usually, it has almost nothing to do with how much love they want to offer us. Remember that story about the fellow who asks for help searching for his dropped key in a dark parking...
“If you don’t get married, you can’t get divorced. Why couldn’t we learn from the devastatingly low percentage of successful marriages that our last generation went through?” This quote from Adam Levine is all over the internet this week, attributed to a cover story in Nylon Guys, a fashion magazine, whose own link to the interview comes up with a 404 error. I am a...
On Saturday, I am teaching a very special teleclass on Money and Your Marriage. I have two spots left, and I hope you can join us. There is no charge. Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 11am PST / 12n MST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST How do you see money? How do you use it? Are your habits and attitudes working for you? Are they creating conflicts with your spouse? We will be testing a brand new online version...
From a recent comment on What Should You Expect from a Husband or Wife?: I do try to assume love, but what do you do when your husband’s idea of “helping” is only doing what he feels like doing? I wind up spending hours and hours on housework, cooking, laundry, etc. Plus working full time. He hangs out and maybe does the dishes once a month. If your spouse is not interested in...
