by Nancy | Aug 4, 2025 | Communication Skills, Conflict
Review of Secret #1 Last week I shared with you one of the hurdles to creating and enjoying a happy, lasting marriage. It is the limiting belief that you should be able to “fix it” on your own. With that belief, Secret #1 may be really hard to swallow! If...
by Nancy | Jul 29, 2025 | Conflict
First Barrier The first major barrier to having the happy, loving marriage you thought you were getting when you fell in love, is the belief that being in love and committing to life together is all you need. It’s a lie! Love and Commitment, contrary to what...
by Nancy | Jun 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
The foundation of a child’s security is based on the loving connection between Mom and Dad. Even when the marriage is imperfect, or conflicted, children instinctively want the source of their security to remain intact. Research has shown that the only time kids...
by Nancy | Dec 19, 2023 | Commitment, Uncategorized
Approaching the first Christmas after Jim died in 2005, I wrote an essay imagining what it must have been like for the wise men. They packed up to follow an unknown star to an undisclosed destination hoping to find…the Son of God? Really? I wonder what their...
by Nancy | Jan 13, 2019 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Conflict, Encouragement, Habit Change, Problem Solving
Recently a respected friend suggested I read Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, Ph.D. I ordered it. It came. When I thumbed through it and discovered many pages of small print, I set it aside. “Not now. Maybe later.” Yesterday I opened it to...
