Is Valentine’s Day a Day or More…?

Is Valentine’s Day a Day or More…?

When Carolyn Berry Wilson asked us to talk about Valentine’s Day and romance to the National Society of Arts and Letters, our first thought was why? It’s past! OK! It’s almost the end of February and the theme for our newsletter is Valentine’s Day!  It's over a week...

How to beat the Busy’s!

How to beat the Busy’s!

We know this is the time of hustle & bustle because that is what everyone is telling you right now! So we will keep this short!  First of all keep in mind that we are human beings not human doings!  Our solution is to write a love letter to each other and then...

Message about Belonging in the Family

Message about Belonging in the Family

Watch the video on YouTube >>  Video Transcript: Hello, we're back—so exciting to be back! Yeah, I think the last blog we did, or the newsletter, was on the same topic that we're talking about today: selfishness and how that figures into the belonging lesson. We...

Selfishness

Selfishness

We have always said that 50-50 relationships do not work long term in marriage, it takes 100-100 for the best marriages to survive and thrive.  In today’s world we see a troubling pendulum shift toward extreme selfishness.  That gets closer to 0-0 and neither marriage...

Message about Feelings & Humor

Message about Feelings & Humor

Watch the video on YouTube >> Video Transcript:  [Music] Well, hello everyone. We really want to put a wrap on our discussion about our lesson on feelings from our book, "Passionate Parent, Passionate Couple." Once I understood how I constantly react to...

Feelings & Humor

Feelings & Humor

Lesson 4 from our book, Passionate Parent Passionate Couple, is titled Feelings and Humor. Feelings can sometimes be elusive for us, and we may avoid being aware of them. What we believe is that humorous feelings like giddy, happy, and joyful are easy to get in touch...

Message about Couple First Parenting

Message about Couple First Parenting

Watch the video on YouTube >> Video Transcript: Hi everyone, it's so great to be with you again. If you have read our recent blogs, we hope that you realize that couple-first parenting is mostly about us being on the same page and having the same vision for...

Couple First Parenting

Couple First Parenting

Have you ever felt alone in your parenting? Has your child ever gotten a different answer from your spouse than you already gave them? Has your child ever sworn or used bad language? Has your child ever shown disrespect to you by what they said? Has your child ever...

Message about Sacred Sex

Message about Sacred Sex

Watch the video on YouTube >> Video Transcript: Hello everyone, today we are here to discuss the topic of sacred sex. We understand that it can be difficult to talk about, but Ed and I strongly believe that marriage should be a passionate lifetime love affair....

Sacred Sex

Sacred Sex

When sex is sacred, it brings us closer to each other and closer to God. Two scriptures that stand out are 1st in the Gospel of John when Jesus tells us “Love one another as I have Loved you”, and 2nd in John’s first letter when he simply says that “God is Love”. With...

Passionate Again

Passionate Again

Watch the video on YouTube >> Video Transcript: Hey, we're back again! As you can see, we're back in our other centered relationship again. Well, we left you in our last blog when we were both in a kind of malaise, whatever that is. We were just really down in...

Making Each Other Our First Priority

Making Each Other Our First Priority

There are days when you just don’t have that loving feeling! Okay, what does it take to keep each other our first priority?  As we shared last, since our Good News Cruise we have been flying high as we embraced the challenge of seeking joy in the good and bad times,...