Levels of Intimacy
Emotional intelligence refers to a person’s ability to understand their own and other people’s emotional life. Some people are very bright academically but can be…
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Communication
It is helpful to make a distinction between communicating for information and communicating for intimacy. Communicating for information is all about getting the facts and…
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Gratitude
Extension Activities Gratitude is like a wonder drug! While many people turn to escapist distractions, the simple habit of gratitude is often more effective, and…
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My Dream for Our Marriage
Extension Activity: Your Dream Write What is your dream for your relationship with each other? What would your ideal marriage look like? Describe a typical…
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Purity of Heart
Theology of the Body Insight “Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 To be pure of heart means to…
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Affirmation
Consistent, sincere affirmation has the capacity to heal the wounds of inadequacy from which so many of us suffer. It communicates acceptability and lovableness. It…
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SmartLoving
Loving the way my fiancé likes to be loved Every person experiences love in a unique way. Some gestures of love will more powerfully communicate…
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Love as Gift
In our culture, ‘love’ is generally seen to be an ‘emotion’. We fall into love and we fall out of it. Love is something that…
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To Cherish and Respect
Each of you, however, should love [agape] his wife as himself, and let every wife respect her husband. Eph 5:33 When St Paul wrote these…
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In the Image of God
Created Male & Female Our masculinity and femininity are completely integrated with our personhood. They are stamped into our spirituality, hard-wired into our brains, ingrained…
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On a Mission to Love
Every couple wants to avoid divorce and get along without too many fights. A successful marriage however, is much more than just this; it is…
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Is the Catholic Church Obsessed with Sex?
By Bernard Toutounji (Foolish Wisdom) Without a doubt, the articles I write which attract the most feedback (positive or negative) are always those that discuss…
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What if Your Soul Mate Doesn’t Exist?
An article by Danielle Ayers Jones who puts the spot light on the obsession of looking for “the one” (Also see The Soul Mate Quest)…
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What Me Worry
When Worry is a Way of Life “I’m so worried one of my kids will get sick and die.” “I have to hold my grandson’s hand…
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Great Lovers Know their Spouse
What makes a great lover?
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