Category: Self-Reflection
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Getting Your Spouse to Open Up! Video
Getting a reluctant mate to open up to you is about as easy as coaxing a cranky toddler to eat his peas. At least, that’s what I’ve discovered in my own life. And it’s also what I’ve heard from countless others, especially wives, in conversationless marriages. Today I’m answering another reader’s question in my “Questioning…
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3 Ways I’m Dealing with an Empty-Nest

I’m walking over an incredibly monumental transition or “threshold” in my lifeâthat of being a full-fledged Empty Nester. Since that’s the case, I’ve felt like it might be good to do a series on the many “thresholds” we all go through in marriage and life. I will be alternating these posts with my videos that…
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The Power of Pulling Away

I planned on sharing a post on how I’ve used reflection to gain perspective during or after a conflict, as well as a reflection tool today. But since I’ve had a week out of town at my in-laws, I’ve not had the time to prepare that post. đŚ After all, I wanted to pull away…
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What I Learned from a Fight with My Husband

Toward the end of my month-long reorganizing, repairing, and purging that I was doing in my house in June, my husband and I had a fight. Mind you, it wasnât related to the hard work that we were doing on the house. But it was a doozy of a misunderstanding on both our parts. I…
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How Grief Softens the Heart

When I set about to organize, clean, and prepare my house for selling last month, I didnât realize how this process of purging would hit so close to home . . . as in my heart. One of the monumental moments happened when my hubby took a couple of days to get away and prepare…
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Purging Pride And Linkup is Back!

As many of you know, my hubby Gary and I have wanted to get our house ready to put on the market for quite some time (weâre empty-nesters who desperately need to downsize). So I pulled away from âeverythingââincluding bloggingâfor the month of June to get our house in shape for that big day that…






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