MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: He deserves your best you, and we motivate you to give it to him. What you give out will come back to you...

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

MAKE YOU SPOUSE FEEL APPRECIATED & RESPECTED. DATE NIGHTS ARE IMPORTANT.

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: Quality Time

This Monday, don't take your relationship for granted.  We want to motivate you to stay a couple more minutes in bed this morning or get into bed a little earlier.  That quality time for your relationship is priceless.  Here's to a great connection!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: I love me some him!

Husbands all over the world make the world go round, and today we want to know what do you love about that man of yours!

I love my..........

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: Thats our song...

We all have certain songs that are the soundtrack of our lives, and this also goes for our relationships, and even our wedding date.  What is your song?

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: The Power of Affection

This Motivational Monday I would like to motivate you all to touch your spouse.  Show them that you're there for them.  Give them an extra tighter hug today.  Take a walk and hold hands.  Reach across the dinner table for that spare hand, and let the power of affection take its course...

 

 

The Power of Affection

by Jim Burns 

The basic need of all people is to love and be loved. So one of the basic ingredients for a marriage to thrive is affection.

If you are in a marriage with very little affection, whether it's sexual or nonsexual variety, you most likely are in a disconnected phase of your relationship.

Some studies report that it takes eight to ten meaningful touches a day for a person to thrive.

If you are not naturally affectionate, don't fake being overly mushy, but work on it. If your family background or ethnicity didn't offer much affection to you when you were growing up, then you'll need to make an extra effort, but don't hold back or use it as an excuse for a lack of connection in your marriage.

Couples who hold hands, kiss passionately, and bring gifts like flowers and chocolate to one another are couples who have a much better chance for a healthy relationship.

Paul's advice to the Roman church was "Outdo one another in showing honor" (Romans 12:10 RSV). You may not feel like showering your spouse with affection. But no matter how you feel, choose to intentionally focus on bringing affection to your relationship.

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: Trust & Love?

SCENARIO:  Your friend has been married for 6 years of a 16 year relationship from day one she's had trust issues and infidelity issues, and to this day she still has issues.  She has found new infidelities and y just has had enough and is ready to leave.  She loves her husband, and wants to be with him but just can't handle not have trust in the relationship anymore.  As her friend what advice can you give her.

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: Marriage & Facebook

The Scenario

After being in a marriage for a while, its so much harder to keep those flames burning, so you've been trying to come up with ways to keep the flames in your relationship.  You've been planning sexy date nights, sending sexy text, trying to have intimate conversations, seeking compliments, etc.  One day your spouse keeps the computer screen open, and is logged on to fb.  You read it cause its in your face.  You realize that some of the same things that you've been trying to get your spouse to do with you, he's been doing for someone else via facebook.  How do you deal with this?

Wordless Wednesday

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: Where would I be...

We married our spouses for better and for worse, and sometimes worse happens more often then not.  Remembering your commitment made before God, and honoring your union is a great motivation to help you through the hard times.  Remember where would you be...

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: Pet names and code words

So this Memorial Day, was the greatest Memorial Day I've had in a very long time! Yes, it was great because I was remember the soldiers that aren't here to celebrate with us, and because I was spending this occasion with my family playing Kinect, listening to music, and doing the things that families do, but also because my husband and I created a code word that only him and I understand. We had a blast!

Do you have any pet names or code words that you and your spouse share?

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: Quality Time Together

Spring is in the air, and in my business there is lots of talk of Spring & Summer Weddings. It makes me reminisce back to my wedding, and most importantly the honeymoon! This Hot Topic Tuesday, I decided to go a little lighter with the topic, not make it one of the blood boiling, make you angry kind of questions, and bring you back to your wedding day. What did you do after the ceremony? Did you go on a Honeymoon? If so, where? Do you have any plans for a second Honeymoon?

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: KISSING

How much do you kiss in your marriage?

Ninety-eight percent of women say that kissing is either important or very important when in a relationship, and half of those women admit that they don't kiss in their relationships!

This important because that's how we connect with someone we're interested in and what makes us feel that he's connecting back, and its a great start to forplay!

How much do you kiss in your marriage?

HOT TOPIC TUESDAY: INTIMACY

Have you watched OWN, Oprahs Winfrey's Network? Well there's this wonderful show called "Ask Oprahs All Stars," with Dr. Oz, Suze Orman, and Dr. Phil, and they answer a variety of questions, very entertaining.

One of the topics was: INTIMACY!

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT INTIMACY IS A 24 HOUR PROCESS?

If you have been married for a significant amount of time, you know a healthy and happy marriage requires a lot of energy and care. Like a flower that needs daily water, our relationships also needs that kind of care.

Still sometimes we need a little help! Sometimes we forget the easy and simple things that keep us going strong.

Here are some tips:

1. Give a compliment to your spouse.
2. Kiss for at least ten seconds. (All at once or over ten kisses).
3. Express gratitude for something specific.
4. Look into the eyes of your beloved for more than ten seconds.
5. Flirt, really seriously flirt. (or text, or send photos, when apart)
6. Remember a fabulous memory you shared together.
7. Rededicate yourself to your marriage and partner.
8. Do something nice for your partner, just to make him or her happy.
9. Be your best self.
10. Say I love you, out loud.