How Your Background, Beliefs, and Unprocessed Experiences Shape the Health of Your Marriage Marriage is often viewed as the joining of two people who love one another. While love is certainly important, it is only one part of what enters a marriage. Every individual also brings a lifetime of experiences, beliefs, family traditions, expectations, wounds, values, communication patterns, coping strategies, and relational assumptions into the relationship. In many ways, a wedding

When divorce becomes the default response to conflict, commitment becomes more difficult to protect. Conflict is inevitable in every marriage. Two people with different personalities, life experiences, communication styles, family backgrounds, expectations, and ways of viewing the world will inevitably disagree. Healthy marriages are not defined by the absence of conflict. They are defined by how conflict is understood, managed, and resolved. Yet in many relationships, one wo

The strongest marriages are rarely built by chance. They are built with intention. Couples spend months planning weddings. They carefully select the venue, flowers, photographer, music, guest list, attire, and honeymoon. They invest significant time and financial resources into preparing for one unforgettable day. Yet many couples spend remarkably little time preparing for the relationship that will exist long after the celebration has ended. A wedding is an event. A marriage