Before you got married you probably had a vision of the perfect marriage.  Then dirty dishes, laundry, and screaming babies came along and your "ideal marriage" became a real one. Many couples fall victim to The Marriage Gap™ and grow more and more distant from their spouse. This episode is [Read More]

Have you heard of the show Fixer Upper? Well, we have and we're both kinda obsessed. The main couple, Chip and Jojo, are a treat to watch and have one of the best marriages. Here's why we like them and how we all can learn a tip or two from their marriage and apply it to ours. The story [Read More]

Earlier in our marriage, traveling and being separated was a big deal.  Well, it was a bigger deal for Mandy. It used to cause great anxiety and tension in our marriage. We both recently went on separate trips in the same week and this time we had no anxiety whatsoever. So, what [Read More]

Lying hurts. It damages marriages. It just stinks. What happens when you don't realize you're lying? It can still have the same affect, but it's much harder to recognize when you're the one doing it. Here's a personal story when we realized that one of us had been unintentionally [Read More]

If we could all read our spouse's mind, think of all the frustration we could avoid? Since mind reading really isn't a thing, here's a few ideas to help you find out what your spouse is thinking. Communicate with each other  - Ask the how are you doing questions? And ask them in the right [Read More]