Resilience Of The Marital Kind

By Francine & Byron Pirola | March 28, 2025

Let’s face it – marriage can be a tough gig these days. Living in a culture that almost expects marriage to fail, couples wonder what…

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Editing Ourselves

By Francine & Byron Pirola | March 21, 2025

Balancing honesty with kindness & Effectiveness  We live in a culture that champions unfiltered self-expression. We’re told that honesty is the ultimate virtue in relationships…

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When I am winning, WE are usually losing

By Francine & Byron Pirola | March 14, 2025

  “You can either be right, or you can be one, but you can’t be both”. Our mentors were talking to us about a frustrating…

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Our Way or God’s Way?

By Francine & Byron Pirola | March 7, 2025

 Finding Harmony in the Catholic Wedding Vows We often find ourselves chatting with engaged couples who want to write their own wedding vows. They…

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Intentional Relationship

By Francine & Byron Pirola | February 28, 2025

  No matter how easy it is to fall in love, staying in love requires attention and effort. Most people drift into love, marriage and…

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How to Help a Struggling Marriage – A Catholic Guide  

By Francine & Byron Pirola | February 21, 2025

“I wanted to help, but I didn’t know how.” If you’ve been in the position of having a friend, parishioner, or family member confide their…

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Keeping Love Alive in the Present Moment

By Francine & Byron Pirola | February 13, 2025

Our romantic memories are the fabric of our couple history. When we reconnect with these memories, we reinvigorate our emotional connection in the present and…

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Pursuing a Lasting Love

By Francine & Byron Pirola | February 7, 2025

  Lessons from St. Valentine | A reflection for World Marriage Day 2025  As we approach World Marriage Day on February 9th, we are reminded…

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The Gift of #staretime

By Francine & Byron Pirola | January 31, 2025

A corporate leader in India recently made headlines by suggesting his employees should work a 90-hour week, quipping, “What do you do sitting at home?…

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Defending our hearts

By Francine & Byron Pirola | January 24, 2025

Is defensiveness crippling your relationship? Do you feel regularly on edge, reactive and punchy? Read on for our process for managing defensiveness. Recently, Byron shared…

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Virtue in Action

By Francine & Byron Pirola | January 17, 2025

In many of our courses, we teach couples strategies and skills for navigating relationships more effectively. As important as these frameworks are, research suggests that…

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Teaching love to university students

By Francine & Byron Pirola | January 10, 2025

Later this year, population experts and pronatalists will meet in Texas to explore practical solutions to declining worldwide fertility. It’s one of several signs that…

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How can I make your day better?

By Francine & Byron Pirola | January 3, 2025

I read a blog post recently from a husband who brought his marriage back from the brink with this one simple, daily habit. Each morning…

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Spare the Left-Overs

By Francine & Byron Pirola | December 27, 2024

It’s that time of year again – the season of joy and gluttony. By the time Christmas day is over, our refrigerator will be filled…

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Twelve Ways of Christmas

By Francine & Byron Pirola | December 20, 2024

Christmas is more than a day – it’s a season!  It’s easy to overlook the birthday boy in the festivities of Christmas Day. When our…

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