The third day of our Christmas marriage advice series is brought to you by our son Michael and his wife Jelena. What you may not know is that Michael and Jelena work 'behind-the-scenes' on the Intimate Couple website! Kudos to Michael as this Christmas Marriage Advice Series was his...
The second day of our Christmas marriage advice series is brought to you by our son Nathan and his lovely wife Sarah. Here Nathan shares some very honest thoughts on how marriage is most definitely a work-in-progress! Day 2: The Honest Truth from Nathan and Sarah Over the last five years through our marriage...
This year we wanted to do something special for you this holiday season, so let us present our special 2015 Christmas series...
As our Intimate Couple friends in the USA celebrate Thanksgiving (we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving last month), we are reminded of the importance and power of gratitude. We wanted to share with you this guest blog post from our daughter-in-law, Jelena. She talks about one habit that...
What does physical health and fitness have to do with marriage health? It was almost five years ago, in 2011, that I (Carrie) had a ruptured brain aneurysm and massive brain haemorrhage. Going through that crisis, the corrective surgery, and the recovery time was a major wake up...
The benefits of giving a full body massage are many and varied: relieve stress built up in muscle tension promote relaxation and the production of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers and, at the same time, stimulate muscle tone and alleviate muscle pain Massaging your spouse also: ...
After 33+ years of marriage, Jim and I believe we communicate fairly well. One bad tendency, though, was the habit of interrupting one another....
An unhappy marriage makes everyone sad. Bad relationships result from a multitude of causes: absence of love toward wives and respect toward husbands, toxic verbal and non verbal communication, as well as poor conflict resolution skills, to name just a few, are always deadly ingredients...
Use the following questions to help identify relationship warning signs that indicate you and your spouse are losing intimacy. Relationship Warning Signs for Spiritual Intimacy Is your partner unwilling to forgive you for past hurts? Does your spouse ask God for help in solving your problems? ...
Jim and Carrie often talk about having weekly date nights! They talk about 'checking in' with each other as well as having fun to keep the passion going....