Behind the Wheel: What’s Steering Your Relationship?

couple hugging Behind the Wheel: What’s Steering Your Relationship? Want to make your best relationship even better?

I want to steer you towards a terrific relationship resource that will give you quick, but powerful ideas to make the most important relationship in your life even better.  It is the free 27-chapter collaborative e-book written to help you learn how to make your marriage extraordinary amongst the chaos of life.

Several of the authors are participating in the Love Every

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How To Show Someone You Love Them Every Day

lovers hug How To Show Someone You Love Them Every Day Want to do yourself a tremendous favor?

Learn to improve your relationships.

Relationships are a HUGE part of living a full and rewarding life.  Showing love to the one you care about the most is crucial to nurturing a great relationship.  It needs to be done on a daily basis.

How do we do show love every day?  I’m still figuring it out myself even after 18 years of marriage.…

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Stay-At-Home-Mom: Why My Wife Stays Home With Our Kids

mother daughter Stay At Home Mom: Why My Wife Stays Home With Our Kids Should I stay home with our kids?

This is a question that many moms ask and one that my wife asked me after our first daughter was born. 

Becoming a stay-at-home-mom is a tough decision.  There are a lot of important factors families have to weigh in making this decision.

Today, I thought I’d share our thought process and how it worked out for us in hopes that this might …

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7 Critical Ways You Need to Take Your Life Off Autopilot

boeing 747 7 Critical Ways You Need to Take Your Life Off Autopilot Are you living on autopilot?

Planes have autopilots so they can fly themselves for awhile.  This frees the human pilots up to relax a little during less critical phases of flight.

All too often, we think we can put important parts of our lives on autopilot as a way to cope with being over committed and stressed out.

Automated navigation systems guide planes when they are on autopilot to keep …

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Be a Giver: Help Others & Improve Your Relationships

This is a guest post by Dustin at Engaged Marriage.

hands rose Be a Giver: Help Others & Improve Your Relationships “It is better to give than to receive.” Have you heard that one before? Of course you have.

This is timeless Biblical advice that is both powerful and, more importantly, very true. If you have had the opportunity to truly bless another with your time, talent or treasure, you know first-hand how incredible it feels to make a …

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Improve Your Marriage: 50 Simple Acts of Love

couple Improve Your Marriage: 50 Simple Acts of Love Do you perform acts of love for your spouse every day?

Recently, I wrote in one of my Smart Living Rules that love is a verb.  Real love is how you act toward someone.  In marriage, it is asking, “What can I do today to make my spouse’s life better and show them my love?”

The answer to this question doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive or time-consuming.  We often …

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How To Deal With In-Laws: Guest Post at Telling It Like It Is!

groom best man How To Deal With In Laws: Guest Post at Telling It Like It Is! Have you ever experienced issues with your in-laws?

I am very fortunate to have a terrific relationship with my in-laws, but I know not everyone is so lucky.  In-law relationships can be tricky and they can have a powerful impact, positive or negative, on your marriage.

Lin at Telling It Like It Is has recently written some terrific articles on the relationship between mother-in-laws and daughter-in-laws.  But, today …

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