We had our staff Christmas party Saturday night for the core team. Such a fun night! My staff director, Linda, hosted it at her house — which she always does up so beautifully. (I’m always jealous; the gene for ‘how to decorate for the holidays is not present in my DNA.) We were missing a…
Tip #42: Wives, Be Aware of Your Hubby’s Secret Romantic Fears Most sitcoms today have a staple character and plotline about men and romance: the bumbling husband who forgets his wife’s birthday or buys his wife a power saw for Valentine’s Day. The audience always howls with laughter when some poor fellow tries a big…
Dear Shaunti, My husband makes a good income, and I always stick to our budget, but my husband is always nervous about my spending, and it makes me nuts. He’s not a control freak in any other area except this. He checks our bank account every day to see how much I have spent on…
“The 12 Days of Christmas” is one of my favorite Christmas songs, which my kids insist on singing every year on our drive to the Virginia mountains. So today, with a nod to the 12 Days of Christmas, I am launching my $12 Bargain Books Deal. Buy 6 or more of any combination of my…
Many of you have written to me asking what I think about this The Atlantic article, “Masters of Love,” that has been making the rounds in cyberspace. The article shares some key research by one of my research heroes, John Gottman, and his wife Julie, about how to get to “happily ever after” in marriage and…
Tip #41: Husbands, signal love in a way she can feel it Recently at an event, a man came up to me looking worried – and confused. His wife had just told him that she felt they were “settling” in their marriage. That their marriage was mediocre. That she didn’t feel particularly loved. He was…
