Want a Job Promotion?

You may be wondering, “What in the world does my relationship have to do with a job promotion?” Well, I’m glad you asked. A five year research project out of Washington University in St. Louis made some very interesting, and relevant to relationships, discoveries. The project involved more than 4,500 people, examining the relationship between…

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Updating Your Flying Skills

When my children were young, we used to drive to the Fresno airport, park, and spend an hour or two just watching planes take off and land.  We were mesmerized by the fact that these huge pieces of machinery could get off the ground.  Oh yes, there is a detailed scientific explanation as to how…

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Unlucky in Love

Beginning in 1986 Terri Orbuch, an author and psychologist commenced a study in which she followed the lives of 373 married couples for over 20 years.  Nearly half of these couples had divorced over the decades (pretty typical numbers), and they shared with the researcher lessons that they had learned as a result of their…

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Unbelievable!

Back during the Christmas holidays, I had the most unbelievable experience.  My wife and I were out of town and had the opportunity to spend an afternoon and evening with a couple of my cousins and their spouses.  We went to one of their homes, visited in the afternoon, went out to dinner, then came…

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Two Steps to Improve Your Health and Life

You are probably thinking, “I know, I know – you’re going to tell me to eat better and exercise and I will be healthier.” While it is true that doing those two things would improve your health, you are only half right. A recent study confirmed that people who live a predominately sedentary lifestyle are…

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Turn Their Crank

I love hearing stories about how people are filled; what things lead to feeling valued and cherished – how they get their “crank turned.”  My wife is a public school administrator.  Occasionally, she will get a note from a past student or perhaps a card from a staff member, letting her know what an impact…

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Touch

Touch is an amazing communication tool that is frequently overlooked in marriage.  Now that may seem a strange comment.  I mean, we think of marriage and we think of hand-holding, kissing, and sexual intimacy – we think of touch.  But touch is not just limited to romantic touch. I recently had lunch with a pastor…

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To the Moon

I remember growing up watching a TV show called the “Honeymooners”.  In that show, Jackie Gleason’s character would get mad at his wife and say, “To the Moon Alice.”  Well, now there is a nonprofit project called “Inspiration Mars” that plans to send a couple into space in 2018 to slingshot around the red planet…

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