Category Archives: Marriage

4 Predictors of Divorce and Their Antidotes

According to John Gottman, there are 4 predictors of divorce.  He refers to them as the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.   He also graciously offers antidotes for each one. 1.  Criticism Attacking your partner’s personality or character, usually with the intent of making someone right and someone wrong: Generalizations:  “you always…”  “you never…” “you’re the…
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The Power of Love Languages

I was fortunate enough to stumble across the great work of Gary Chapman and his book, The Five Love Languages, a couple of years ago. It had been awhile since I’d read anything that made such perfect sense. For those of you who don’t know his work, let me briefly explain each of the five…
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