As I’m on the road speaking to women’s groups, men’s groups and groups of married couples, I get a lot of questions about sex and intimacy that relate to my research but aren’t directly addressed. Since I’m not a counselor, I don’t necessarily know the answers to some of these specialized questions. So I went…
One of the highlights of every year is the week we spend with Jeff’s family in Michigan for Thanksgiving. We love being able to reconnect with Jeff’s brothers and all the kids. And my kids love their time with their cousins. I snapped this picture right before we left to drive back to Atlanta. My…
If you listen closely, you will probably hear a giant WOHOO echoing across the plains. Because my book is finally turned in and I HAVE MY LIFE BACK!!  This is me and the kids at Costco–which signals the first time in 4 months I have been able to wander the aisles without doing ‘search and…
As the holiday season quickly comes upon us, I love reflecting on our family’s favorite traditions. Thanksgiving finds the four of us driving 14 hours to Michigan to celebrate with Jeff’s family. A few weeks later we jump back in the car for the 11 hour trek to celebrate Christmas with my family in Virginia….
A secret to a happy marriage: look for how you hit the jackpot! Excerpted from Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages by Shaunti Feldhahn Copyright © 2013 by Shaunti Feldhahn. Excerpted by permission of Multnomah Books, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing…
All of us have seen – and chuckled at – those sitcoms that show a bumbling husband forgetting his wife’s birthday, or frantically scrambling to find a lame anniversary gift at the last minute. And how many times have we seen the handy but insensitive home-renovation guru buy his wife something like a power saw…