Category Archives: Tips and Tools

How to Have a Healthy Marriage

Most of us desire to have a long and satisfying marriage, but often lack the skills or knowledge on how to achieve that happiness. Recently, sociologists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore have examined people who possessed the qualities, skills, and traits that enabled them to maintain a strong and lasting marriage. Continue reading

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Premarital Counseling – What’s In It for Me?

Dr. Carl Hindy of New Hampshire gives us a thorough overview of the benefits of premarital counseling.   In his post, Should You Make Premarital Counseling Part of Your Wedding Plans, he makes a strong case for spending time with … Continue reading

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Premarital Cohabitation – Pros and Cons

What are the pros and cons to premarital cohabitation? Does it help or hurt a future marriage? This articles presents the four advantages and four disadvantages of living together before marriage. Continue reading

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Premarital Counseling – Recognize the Four Stages and Prepare

Four stages of a marriage – Illussion, Disillusion, Confusion, Resolultion – How to prepare for them. Continue reading

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Premarital Counseling – A Rant

Premarital Counseling Is Garbage (Rant)

These are my thoughts, what are yours? FYI, I was prior engaged in 2009. Premarital counseling was a waste of my time, imo. Next time I get engaged I’m just going to talk to the lady’s folks, but not let them probe our relationship to the degree that…

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Top Five Most Important Strenghts to Bring to Marriage

Marriage has a bad rap in today’s culture. Movies, tabloids, and talk shows like to spotlight the pain and devastation that often accompanies a failed marriage. Many people have observed a friends’ or family member disintegrating marriage and witnessed the … Continue reading

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Goals of Marriage Preparation

What are the four steps to premarital counseling? Are they hard? Will it be embarassing? Continue reading

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Twelve Dimensions of Marriage – What’s your interest?

Help me identify the top three pre-marriage topics that interest you… Continue reading

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