This month’s Date Night will give you the opportunity to take a break from the holiday grind—the stress, the worries, the overcrowded schedules, the race to find the perfect gift, and other stressors—and invest as a couple in the well-being of someone else.
Intimacy
Since our mate is always growing and changing, we need to maintain the mindset of a lifetime learner.
If cherishing is to be pushed to an even higher level in a couple’s present experience of marriage, it will happen because they find ways not only to keep in touch with the past, but to project the past into the future.
Sometimes, the sweetest, most tender memories are those that happened during moments that were unplanned and that may seem unremarkable to the casual observer.
If you and your spouse are growing apart, you may have overlooked an important piece of the intimacy puzzle: friendship.
When was the last time you and your spouse truly viewed yourselves as a team?
With the mindset of marriage being an adventure in which husbands and wives stick together through thick and thin, the words “until death do us part” take on a whole new meaning.
Couples with thriving relationships make it their goal to function as a team, because the most important thing is how they work together, not what other people think.
Though there is overlap, husbands and wives tend to take two unique paths toward intimacy. It’s important to understand where they lead and that sometimes we may have to force ourselves onto them.
A working definition of nourishing is demonstrating your love. It involves a conscious resolution to identify your spouse’s strengths and find creative ways to stimulate them.
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.‚” Mark Twain
Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!
Is it possible to keep a healthy sense of mystery alive in a familiar, long-term relationship?
Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!
As the weather cools and the seasons change, we couldn’t pass up talking about a critical component of your thriving marriage — mutually satisfying physical intimacy.
Cultivating romance and fostering spiritual growth with your beloved takes discipline and intentionality
Healthy conflict can actually be a pathway to deeper intimacy in your marriage.
Relationships change over time. In the context of marriage, this means that there will always be something new for you to learn about your spouse
Whether we’re talking about Date Night, or any other time that you and your spouse have time together in the car . . . it’s not just about the destination, it’s about the journey!
Conflict doesn’t guarantee intimacy, but it is an open door to discover our spouse’s most important feelings and needs.
