When Married Couples Should Act Like Teenagers
My wife and I love each other very much, but we're going through a time of apathy. We just don't feel close to each other. Is this normal, and is there a way to bring back the fire? This happens soone
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From the Blahs to Bliss: Reigniting Romance in Marriage
Question: Dr. Dobson, tell me why it is inevitable for couples with good marriages to go through "flat spots" or "the blahs," and can you offer more advice about what to do when those times come?
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Building Your Mate’s Self-Esteem
Every marriage faces challenges that can chip away at confidence and connection.
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Marital Compromises
Minister Neville Chamberlain and other national leaders had understood the folly of appeasement in 1936-39. Every time they offered Adolph Hitler another Czechoslovakia to tranquilize his lust for dom
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5 Marriage Secrets from Happy Couples
Forty years ago, I had on the biggest hat-vale thing you've ever seen. With about a million buttons down the back of my high-necked, Victorian-style wedding gown, I walked down the aisle toward my soon-to-be husband. He was dressed all in white, and his smile took my breath away. Finally, after years of waiting, I would be his bride.
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Angry Women and Passive Men
The problem has its origins in childhood, long before a young man and woman stand at the altar to say, "I do." For her part, the girl is taught subtly by her culture that marriage is a lifelong romantic experience; that loving husbands are entirely responsible for the happiness of their wives; and that a good relationship between a man and woman should be sufficient to meet all needs and desires; and that any sadness or depression that a woman might encounter is her husband's fault.
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Men and Women Have Different Needs
The sexes are designed with highly specific—but quite different—psychological needs. Each is vulnerable to the other in unique ways. When reduced to the basics, women need men to be romantic, caring, and loving. Men need women to be respectful, supportive, and loyal. These are not primarily cultural influences that are learned in childhood, as some would have us believe. They are forces deeply rooted in the human personality.
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Men and Women Think Differently About Love
In addition to physiological differences, the sexes are blessed with a vast array of unique emotional characteristics. It is a wise and dedicated husband who desires to understand his wife's psychological needs and then sets out to meet them.
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A Marriage Carol
On today’s special edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson talks with Chris Fabry about his book, A Marriage Carol, a retelling of the classic, A Christmas Carol, with a twist. Later in the program, listen to the dramatic reading of A Marriage Carol, which centers on a couple who find themselves on the brink of divorce when a snowstorm, a farmhouse, and an elderly man suddenly change their future forever.
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The Kids Are Gone: Now What?, Part 2
How does a marriage shift from being child-focused to partner-focused, and how does communication change when the children leave home? In what ways can you keep fun and friendship in your relationship? On today's classic edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson and guests, Dave and Claudia Arp, continue their discussion about the challenges couples face after their kids have flown the coop.
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Dr. James Dobson
Joe Waresak
Dr. Del Tackett
