Posts Tagged ‘marriage’

Exploring the Impact of Our Parent’s Marriage on Our Marriage

Original content by Ashley Berges When trying to understand the issues in our current marriage it may be helpful to go back and look at our parent’s marriage. This was the marriage that we watched daily. We need to understand how that marriage impacts our current relationship. Some things may have taken place when we […]

The Complex Relationship Between Our Parent’s Marriage and Our Marriage

Original content by Ashley Berges It does not matter whether you have been married for 5 years or 25 years. Most likely we are unaware of where certain patterns in our marriage have come from. We do not realize how our parent’s marriage impacts our marriage. Some habits we picked up growing up are unintentionally […]

How to have that Important Conversation to Create Solutions in your Marriage

Original content by Ashley Berges Are there deep conversations in your marriage that you should be having but avoid? Often, we avoid these conversations because we are afraid of our spouse’s reaction. It seems that the longer we hold onto something, the more it eats at us. When we cannot get solutions to the topics […]

How to Open up Communication in the Marriage

Original content by Ashley Berges When conversation breaks down in the marriage, almost everything else in the marriage follows suit. When we deal with a communication breakdown we seem to separate, it feels like we are going through the motions without the emotions. There is no communication intimacy or conversation with depth. Furthermore, you are […]

Lovers to Roommates, What happened to the Marriage?

Original content by Ashley Berges Does it seem as though your marriage has lost its spark? Have you lost the emotional connection with your spouse? Does it feel like you are living separate lives? If these questions resonate with you, there is a strong possibility your marriage has shifted from marriage into a roommate situation. There are […]

At What Age Should I Settle Down?

Age is just a number, but why do we let it define our relationships? By: Ashley Berges We are raised to believe we should be married by a certain time, have children, and live happily ever after. And so, we place expectations on how and when we’re going to meet our soul mate. We fall […]

Why Do We Want to Get Back Together?

Ashley Berges tackles why we try to salvage things after they fall apart. By: Ashley Berges When the rocky patches come in any relationship, we have to take a moment to evaluate why we’ve chosen to participate. Often, we see other couples and believe they have it better than us. We begin to think others […]

All the Single Ladies, Find Mr. Right now.

Get out of your routine.  If you’ve been going to the same places over and over and nothing, stop going to those places.  (Change is your friend) Start getting involved in what you love.  If you love kayaking, surfing, cooking, biking, etc-do that-get in a group or organization or classes and you will meet others […]

How to find happiness and remove unhappiness from your life today.

How to find happiness and remove unhappiness from your life today. On a daily basis, I speak with a lot of people, and the majority of these people are unhappy in some way with their life.  Whether it’s their career, relationship, no relationship, growth, or growing apart, there is something.  The first thing I tell […]

Are you happy? Wish #3 continuation: More Time and the Bigger Better Deal

Are you happy? Wish #3 Continuation: The BIGGER BETTER DEAL scenario is the one that plaques many adults.  The BBD is the concept of being in one place and wanting to be somewhere entirely different.  The BBD is the reason why most people won’t RSVP for a party because they are holding out for something […]