Couples
Practical, professional guidance for married and committed couples working through the everyday friction, distance, and repair that come with sharing a life.


How Respect Shapes Both Emotional and Sexual Intimacy
Respect and Intimacy How Does Respect Influence Emotional Intimacy? Emotional intimacy is the ability of two people to…

How to Protect Your Husband’s Dignity Without Covering for Him
Respect in Public and Private Should a Wife Speak Differently to Her Husband in Public and in Private?…

How Trust and Respect Rise and Fall Together in Marriage
Respect and Trust What Is the Relationship Between Respect and Trust? Respect and trust are closely connected, but…

What a Husband’s Role Really Requires to Earn Respect
Respect and a Husband’s Role What Does Respect Have to Do With a Husband’s Responsibilities? Respect in marriage…

Why Appreciation Is One of the Clearest Ways to Show Respect
Respect and Appreciation Why Does Appreciation Matter to a Husband’s Experience of Respect? Appreciation matters because respect is…

Does Respecting Your Husband Mean Never Disagreeing With Him?
Respect and Disagreement Does Respecting a Husband Mean Agreeing With Everything He Says? No. Respecting a husband does…

What Respect Looks Like When a Marriage Is in Conflict
Respect During Conflict What Does Respect Look Like When a Couple Is Angry? Respect during conflict means that…

What Respectful Communication Actually Sounds Like in Marriage
Respect in Communication How Does a Wife Communicate Respect Through Her Words? A wife communicates respect through words…

What Respect Actually Looks Like When Marriage Gets Hard
What Respect Really Means to a Husband What Is Respect Really for a Husband? For a husband, respect…

What Respect Really Means to a Man
What Respect Really Means to a Man What Is Respect Really For a Man? For many men, respect…

What Respect Actually Means in Marriage
Understanding Respect What Is Respect, at a General Level? Respect is the recognition that another person has value,…

When Two Families Try to Run One Marriage
There is a woman sitting in her bedroom late at night, staring at her husband. She is not…
