You know those days when you want/plan/hope to do something fun and sexy with your husband, but sex is at the bottom of your to-do list and falling fast? Here’s a little trick I learned recently that can help keep your mind revved up for sex, even in the middle [continue reading]
5 Ways “Hotel Sex” Can Improve Your Marriage
Has the sex in your marriage gotten a bit dull? Or is your schedule so busy that it just isn’t happening very often? Do you feel disconnected from your husband and want to reignite your intimacy and connection? Or is everything going smoothly, but the two of you just want [continue reading]
Is Exhaustion Destroying Sex in Your Marriage?
I’m honored to be guest posting at Julie Sibert’s blog, Intimacy in Marriage, today. As part of her “What is Destroying Sex in Your Marriage?” series, I’m talking about the effects of exhaustion and the toll it can take on sex and intimacy in marriages: Do you often feel too [continue reading]
3 Simple Strategies for Increasing Organization and Reducing Stress
One thing we can do this spring to feel calmer and less stressed is to organize a few things. Notice I didn’t say “get organized,” because that sounds too overwhelming. It seems to imply that if we can’t organize everything, we shouldn’t bother organizing anything. But nothing could be further [continue reading]
4 Ways to Stop Driving Yourself Crazy
For most families, spring is one of the busiest times of the year. Which means, for most wives and moms, that schedules and to-do lists that already seemed crazy are about to get even crazier. At a time of year when many women are longing to slow down and enjoy [continue reading]
4 Ways to Enjoy Your Marriage in the Midst of the Christmas Chaos
How are your Christmas preparations going? Have you managed to get things under control, or are you floundering in a sea of unwrapped presents and “to do” lists? I’m going back and forth between the two. I feel unprepared, but am trying to tamp down that feeling and just go [continue reading]