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Family Life, Maintaining a Healthy Marriage
Family Life, Maintaining a Healthy Marriage
Family Life, Maintaining a Healthy Marriage
By Tara Rhiannon Dawn Fietz, BA, MFA
Family Life, Maintaining a Healthy Marriage
By Tara Rhiannon Dawn Fietz, BA, MFA
  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    When your partner suggests a way that you can adjust your behavior to resolve a conflict, repeat the request back to him or her to make sure you understand what your spouse is asking, and give your partner a chance to clarify.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Learn how to resolve conflict with your spouse by telling your partner how the problem makes you feel.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Once you have identified what bothers you about your spouse, figure out how the problem might be fixed and set up a discussion.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    If you set aside time each week to resolve conflicts, problems will never be allowed to fester.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    The "Bother Barometer" is a scale for rating your spouse's annoying behavior. It's helpful for figuring out which issues you need to address with your partner, and which you should ignore.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    It is important to understand what annoys you about your spouse -- and vice versa -- so that you can resolve these grievances effectively.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    These tips will help you to make the most of your time with your spouse.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Create a schedule for you and your spouse to spend quality time together, and make your appointments both mandatory and fun.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    This article emphasizes the importance of bonding with your spouse by spending quality time together, doing things you both enjoy.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    These tips on effective communication will help you to be a good listener when your spouse needs to talk.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Improve your relationship with your spouse with these 10 steps to clear and effective communication.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Here are some hot date ideas for you and your spouse to enjoy -- no matter what your budget!

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Reignite the passion in your marriage by planning special dates for the two of you to bond.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Make the end of each day special by taking a few moments to reconnect with your spouse and demonstrate your love.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    To show you care and to keep your marriage from getting stale, do something nice for your spouse every day.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Learn to appreciate your spouse's needs by treating him or her with the politeness and respect that you would show to a guest in your home.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    This article describes how you can resolve conflict in your marriage in a fair and appropriate manner.

  • Family Life
    Maintaining a Healthy Marriage

    Discover how to change your unrealistic expectations about marriage, and learn to appreciate your spouse's good qualities.

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