Here’s a fascinating bit of unexpected support for marriage education. Your willingness to consider the possibility that there’s something valuable to be learned, in and of itself, predicts you are more likely to succeed in marriage than someone who believes it’s a matter of how good a match you made.
How green is your marriage? “Divorce breeds environmental degradation,” reports tomorrow’s business section in The Australian.. [A study on household energy use released by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts in June] found that despite the advent of airconditioners and plasma-screen TVs, the average energy consumption of each Australian household is not...
In James Madison University’s student newspaper, The Breeze, Katie King reported: Though Valentine’s Day tends to be embraced more by those in relationships, freshman Nicole Carter is currently single and not sweating it. “I think that there is someone out there for everyone, you just have to wait until you find that person or until they find you,” Carter said. “I...
I haven’t posted here in almost six weeks. Where was I? Creating a new website, www.enjoybeingmarried.com. I hope you’ll come check it out. It has a resource directory of do-it-yourself marriage education resources (books, DVDs, CDs, games, etc.) from many sources. It lists my upcoming teleclasses. And soon it will have podcasts and eBooks for you to download. I want to make it as...
How would you like to learn to keep your marriage going strong through thick and thin while saving money on a San Francisco vacation this summer? That’s what I’m planning to do. I’ve been to an earlier Smart Marriages Conference, so I can’t wait for the jam-packed program to arrive in my mailbox for this one. I’ll be taking some of my favorite marriage education...
I am a widow who got it right the second time. I have been sharing here since February 14, 2006 what I learned from that experience and from positive psychology, marriage research, and my training as a marriage educator.
