Marriage Maven’s News & Views Archived
April 2023 Quick Tip for Lasting Love: Reverse the Order by Asking First
March 2023 Intimacy Involves More Than Just Sex
February 2023 How to Succeed with Couple Therapy
January 2023 A New Year, A New You?
December 2022 Revisiting Mars, Venus, and John Gray
November 2022 Do You Need a Cuss Jar?
October 2022 From Single to Married: Five Stages of Change
September 2022 Why Changing Behavior Can Take So Long
August 2022 10 Tips for Lasting Love
July 2022 Conflict: Do You Lean in or Withdraw?
June 2022 Is Your Communication Working?
May 2022 Marry with Confidence
April 2022 Relationship Mentors: Why You Might Need One
March 2022 Relationships: Are You Taking Healthy Risks?
February 2022 Has Lasting Love Become an Oxymoron?
January 2022 Resolved for 2022: To Do More Self-Reflection — Aggh!
December 2021 Buster Posey’s Message: Balancing Work and Family Life
November 2021 Dating and Marriage “Facts” — True or False?
October 8, 2021 Book Launch this Sunday, October 10th!
October 2021 Five Ways (or More) You Can Show Love
September 2021 On Second Chances in Baseball, Marriage, and Elsewhere
August 2021 Changing a Relationship Pattern, One Step at a Time
Extra: July 15 Dating with Confidence Summit July 28-30
July 2021 Do You Raise Each Other Up?
June 2021 Do Your Words Come from Your Heart?
May 2021 Boost Your Relationship: Use the 80/20 Rule
April 2021 Enlightened Self-Interest—What a Concept!
March 2021 Do I Really Need to Apologize?
February 2021 An Easy Way You Can Show Love
January 2021 Resolved: Not to Work on My Relationship in 2021
December 2020 When Your Prince Turns into a Frog
November 2020 Applying Steven Covey’s “Main Thing” Advice to Marriage
October 2020 When Your Marriage Reminds You of a Ceramics Project
September 2020 Who Are You Really Mad At?
August 2020 Tears and Growth — in Feldenkrais and Psychotherapy
July 2020 Is Someone Holding a Grudge against You?
June 2020 Love at First Sound: On Audiobooks and Marriage
May 2020 Telephone or Video Therapy — Helpful During This Crisis?
April 2020 Quick Tip: Enlightened Self-Interest Promotes a Happy Marriage
March 2020 Extra! Dr. Hallowell’s Tips to Stay Positive in Today’s Upside-Down World
March 2020 Eavesdropping on Kevin and Anita’s Marriage Meeting
February 2020 Finding True Love via Sushi vs. Pizza
January 2020 Quick Tip: Resolve to Apply the 5:1 Ratio in 2020
December 2019 How to Stop Holding
November 2019 How to Give a Powerful Compliment
October 2019 Should You Get Therapy or Life Coaching?
August 2009 If You Marry Quickly, Will it Last?
July 2019 Quick tip: Marry Someone Who Can Stand You
June 2019 Quick Tip: To Build Trust, Keep Your Agreements
May 2019 Quick Tip: Instead of Complaining, Ask Kindly
April 2019 Relationships: Do Opposites Really Attract?
February 2019 Mindfulness Matters in Marriage — and Roller-Skating
January 2019 How the Repetition Compulsion Can Affect Your Marriage
December 2018 Do Couples Grow Apart or Fall Asleep?
November 2018 Extra Holiday Fever — What’s the Cure?
November 2018 Is Dating Different for Millennial Women?
October 2018 Getting Your Needs Met in a Relationship — Do You Rebuke or Request?
September 2018 How Good Therapy Fosters Success in Marriage
August 2018 Memoir Says How They Saved Their Marriage
July 2018 Extra: Berger Demos Self-Talk Technique
July 2018 Yes, You Can Marry a Prince
June 2018 To Keep Your Relationship Great, Volunteer!
May 2018 What’s So Great About Marriage Meetings?
April 2018 Finding Love Later in Life
March 2018 Marriage Maven Gets Personal
February 2018 Dealing with Trauma Helps Relationships Succeed
January 2018 New Years Resolution Couples Make Together
December 2017 Got Holiday Stress? Strategize
November 2017 Is He (or She) Ready for Marriage?
October 2017 What If You Suspect an Emotional Affair?
September 2017 What True Love Looks Like
August 2017 When Your Spouse Touches a Nerve
July 2017 Am I Safe Being Vulnerable with Him?
June 2017 Marriage: Ball & Chain or Better You? (click near top: “Display images below.”)
May 2017 Do BFF Spouses Have More Romance?
April 2017 Marriage — What Were You Expecting?
March 2017 Can He Learn to Show You More Empathy?
February 2017 Stretching Awesome — in Yoga and Marriage
January 2017 – Hooray for Marriage Mentors!
December 2016 – World Champion Cubs Toss Marriage Tips
November 2016 – Marriage Meetings—Right for Evcryone?
October 2016 – Can a Great Marriage Have Ongoing Conflicts?
September 2016 – Money, Money, Money! Affects Dating and Marriage
August 2016 – Can I Really Guarantee My Marriage
July 2016 – How to Fall in Love with Your Spouse—Again and Again
June 2016 – All the Single Ladies—Why’s That?
May 2016 – The Boys in the Boat Inspires Marriage Metaphor
April 2016- Deciding to Marry Takes Leap of Faith
March 2016 – Does Romance Still Flow in Your Marriage?
February 2016 – When Silence is Your Best Response
January 2016 – Chemistry Counts—But How Much?
December, 2015 – Negotiate the Marriage You’ve Always Wanted
November, 2015 – The Biggest Threat to a Marriage
October, 2015 – Do I Deserve a Better Spouse?
September 2015 – Cure Stonewalling and Save Your Relationship
August 2015 – How to Deal With a Difficult Person
July 2015 – Disarming the Four Horsemen that Threaten Marriages
June 2015 – Five Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
May 2015 – Is Marriage the New Counterculture?
April 2015 – Disagreeing—For Better or Worse
March 2015 – Is “No Problem” a Problem?
February 2015 – Why Compliments Are Powerful
January 2015 – Marriage: A Resolution You Can Keep
December 2014 – Getting Past Awkward Moments—in Baseball and Marriage (Part 2)
Extra! November 13, 2014 – Books and Writers TV show to feature Berger
November 2014 – SF Giants Model Winning Relationships
October 2014 – Marriage: Ball & Chain or Anchor?
September 2014 – Marriage vs. Cohabitation
August 2014 – Investing in Date Night Pays Off
June 2014 – 21st Century Marriage: Crisis or Opportunity?
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