A mistake I see a lot of couples make when they have children is to put their children first over their marriage. For career moms like me, the priority order is often children, work, then partner. This is because children and work seem urgent; their needs are louder than those of the adult that you’ve committed to spending the rest of your life with. Your partner won’t scream or throw toys on the floor or …
As anyone who has studied business management and success knows, what gets measured, gets managed. Or, what gets measured, gets improved. It’s no different for the most important relationship in your life: your marriage. If you have a partner who is doing their own inner growth work and is willing to contribute to a more satisfying marriage, I want to introduce you to the Harmony Huddle. This is a weekly marriage meeting and love check-in. …
One of the couples climbing the Gros Piton with us in St. Lucia is also celebrating their 10-year anniversary, like my husband and I are. As we hoist our tired muscles up and over rocks and natural mountain-made stairs, our guide (who is younger than all of us by a decade or so) asks us what the secret is to making it through 10 years of marriage. The four of us chuckle and reply, “Hard …
Meet Dorothy Stager, 94 years young, full of kindness, acceptance, and generosity. With 9 children, 12 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren, she loves, and is loved, by so many. She’s my grandmother-in-law and I am grateful to witness her wisdom in this profile. A few of my favorite life nuggets: Many of us complain about how busy we are, but Dorothy misses her busiest days. Some of us say we are too old to learn something …