I have two clematis vines along my front walkway. As they climb up the posts they weave together, intertwining so thoroughly that it becomes impossible to distinguish them from one another. I am constantly cutting them back. It's hard work, because once you've allowed the vines to grow together for awhile, it becomes one solid bit of growth...

You don't have to have a Ph.D. in relationships to understand that men and women are different… very different. We won't list the ways; you can likely look at your own marriage and come up with a much longer list than we could cover here. We live in an age where a lot of effort is put into denying or minimizing the differences between the...

A great sex life: we all want it. And, judging by what we see in the movies, we've all got it. Not so fast. It's not as easy as it's made out to be. In fact, as I've worked with couples over the years, I'd estimate that fewer than one third of married couples enjoy a mutually satisfying sexual relationship. Sexual issues are troublesome on...

You likely don't need to be convinced that communication is foundational to a great marriage. If you've been married for any length of time, you know how hard it can be to understand that person to whom you've pledged your life. You've seen molehills transformed into mountains because of miscommunication and misunderstood. You've experienced...

There may be no tougher task in the world than to help your children cope with your divorce and a subsequent remarriage. When you divorce, your dreams are shattered; at the very moment when you most need someone to take care of you, you find yourself needing to somehow bravely guide your broken-hearted kids through the most painful time in their...