by Ramona Zabriskie | Jan 16, 2018 | Building a Partnership, Generating Real Intimacy, Helping Him Find a Dream, Helping Him Open Up, Increasing Unity, Inspiring Him, Leaving a Legacy, Maintaining Your Vision, Managing Conflict, Surviving the Tough Times, Why Marriage
As my readers and students well know, I love collecting examples of Grand Marriage: romances that are, or will be, remembered and influential for good, for generations. Some of …
by Ramona Zabriskie | Oct 12, 2017 | Building a Relationship, Caring for Yourself, Creating Your Own Happiness, Identifying the Problems, Maintaining Your Vision, Managing Conflict, Preventing Conflict, Rectifying the Wrongs
“If women were convinced that a day off or an hour of solitude were a reasonable ambition, they would find a way of attaining it. As it is, they feel …
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 | 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 | Mar 9, 2017 | Building a Partnership, Building a Relationship, Helping Him Open Up, Managing Conflict, Understanding Men
I recently read a report by the Gottman Institute about Dr. Gottman’s long-term study of 130 newlywed couples, in which it was discovered that men who allow their wives to...
by Ramona Zabriskie | Oct 25, 2016 | Building a Relationship, Generating Real Intimacy, Helping Him Open Up, Identifying the Problems, Living With a Man, Managing Conflict, Uncovering the Reasons, Understanding Men
A guy wearing a tool belt had just delivered a certified threat from the electric company. With deep foreboding, I took the envelope to my husband at his desk. He …