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How do you respond to the silent treatment?

The silent treatment: How should you respond? You walk in the door to say hello and your spouse turns their back and buries their face in the phone. You feel a chill in the air and suddenly your body feels shaky and tentative. You start dinner in an attempt to…

Rebecca S MullenMarch 17, 2022

the silent treatment: get help for your marriage

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Marriage Conflict: How to Deal with the Silent Treatment

How do you deal with the silent treatment when you have marriage conflict? Who’s gives the stonier silent treatment in your marriage? When my husband makes me angry, I feel it first in my jaw, which tightens, “I’m fine.” “Nothing,” is my icy response as I turn and give my…

Rebecca S MullenMarch 11, 2022

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The Way You Chop Onions Will Give You More Intimacy

What's the best way to hug in your marriage? Staying for the end of a hug changed my marriage and it will change your relationship too. Do you stay for the whole hug your spouse wants to give? What happens when you leave a hug early? Read on to discover…

Rebecca S MullenFebruary 14, 2022

When you know to look for hearts you find hearts everywhere

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What Do Barf and Lice Have to do with Valentine’s Day?

Keep your Valentine's traditions simple so you'll repeat them. The more awkward and imperfect your family’s Valentine tradition, the more it will warm your family memories in the decades to come. Don’t worry about FaceBook perfect Valentine traditions. When it comes to your family, it’s the terrible, horrible moments that…

Rebecca S MullenFebruary 3, 2022

Three relationships inside your singular marriage: sync up

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What happens when you’re not in sync with your spouse?

How do you build connection in your marriage? You want to agree about finances. You want to enjoy a dinner out. You want more hot sex. But sometimes you’re just not in sync with your spouse. Why? And how can you fix it? There are three relationships inside your singular…

Rebecca S MullenJanuary 6, 2022

Friendship is one of three relationships inside your singular marriage

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What happens when you’re not in sync with the friend you married?

Is it OK to expect your spouse to be your friend? There are three relationships inside your singular marriage. Sometimes you’re in sync, and everything just flows. These flow times happen when each of you is occupying the same role at the same time. But what happens when you’re not…

Rebecca S MullenJanuary 5, 2022