by Ramona Zabriskie | Oct 7, 2017 | Caring for Yourself, Creating Your Own Happiness, Identifying the Problems, Managing Conflict, Rectifying the Wrongs, Uncovering the Reasons
I once sat across the table listening to an acquaintance spew fury and venom at me about her husband. Listening to women’s marital frustrations is a big part of my …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Aug 23, 2017 | Creating Your Own Happiness, Identifying the Problems, Rectifying the Wrongs, Uncovering the Reasons, Understanding Men
By Emily Belnap Does resentment resonate with you? For me, it’s that icky, awful, angry, “why do I have to do it all myself?” feeling. This feeling is so familiar …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Jul 12, 2017 | Identifying the Problems, Managing Conflict, Preventing Conflict, Rectifying the Wrongs, Uncovering the Reasons
On our first night in Honolulu (we’d been married five years), we had dinner at an outdoor table at a Waikiki Beach restaurant. It was the beginning—and the end—of a …
by Ramona Zabriskie | May 25, 2017 | Helping Him Open Up, Identifying the Problems, Preventing Conflict, Uncovering the Reasons, Understanding Men
In a recent Wife for Life University class, a student excitedly reported a breakthrough conversation she had recently shared with her husband. I asked what she had learned from the …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Jan 31, 2017 | Building a Partnership, Identifying the Problems, Preventing Conflict, Recruiting His Help, Understanding Men
My research for Wife for Life: The Power to Succeed in Marriage included interviewing people who had been through divorce. What happened? I asked. Though there was obviously deeper issues …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Dec 22, 2016 | Creating Your Own Happiness, Helping Him Open Up, Identifying the Problems, Living With a Man, Preventing Conflict, Wife Support
“My mother is coming to stay with us over the holidays. Even when she’s here for only a couple of days it affects the dynamics in our family, which can …
