What You Can (and Can't) Control in a Relationship
Two choices we have in a relationship are change vs acceptance. Knowing when to pursue change, accept, or a mix of both can empower you and strengthen your relationship.
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Our Relationship Recovery Model
After more than 12 years of helping couples navigate conflict, heal, and reconnect, we've developed our own proven Relationship Recovery Model. This framework helps couples spend less time stuck in painful cycles, learn effective repair skills, and intentionally build more connection, intimacy, and harmony in their relationship.
I Can’t Talk to My Partner Without Them Getting Angry
Often, couples come to marriage counseling practice because they fight too much. This is usually because they can’t talk to each other without one or both partners becoming angry or defensive. Most likely, this has been going on for a while. A couple of reasons...
Power-With, Not Power-Over: Marriage Is A Three-Legged Race
Marriage is a three-legged race—if one person pulls, both struggle. This post explains why control backfires, what power-with truly looks like, and how repair helps couples move forward together.
Why Does My Husband Get Mad Over Small Things?
The first answer to this question is that men often haven’t been taught other modes of expression. Author and speaker Terry Real writes that our society teaches men that they can have two emotions: anger and lust. This doesn’t give men much to work with.
Communication Tools (Part 1)
Conflict isn't the problem — intensity is. Learn practical communication tools for couples: self-regulation, the Feedback Wheel, emotional intelligence, and more.