Marriage is at its strongest when couples choose to see themselves as a team. In this post, I’ll share 10 practical and faith-filled tips for working together in marriage — habits that can help you...
A relationship-first guide to travel planning. These seven steps will help you plan a thoughtful itinerary that strengthens your connection and leads to a trip worth remembering.
A meaningful travel journal for couples who want more than just a holiday. Plan intentionally, capture memories, and grow closer—no matter where you go.
How often have you started planning a trip and found your budget is unreachable? Has this left you feeling overwhelmed or disillusioned? In this post, I want to empower you with the knowledge of seven categories you should consider important. Prioritising these categories will help you find a more realistic figure to work towards for your next fantastic trip and hopefully do it debt-free.Â
I am so grateful to the family that stepped in and created space for Phil and I to go on regular dates when our 4 kids were young. The lessons I learned from this time are the reason I am so...
Growing apart can be slow, and the effects devasting. Take the time to reconnect with your spouse through meaningful conversations. Remembering why you got together is a great place to start. Do you know your spouse today? Are you aware of their hopes for the future? Answering questions like these are just the start of reconnecting.Â
We will look at seven simple tips to help you as you plan and experience every moment of your trip together. It takes two to create the perfect holiday, and as you spend time communicating, you can practice patience while setting expectations and learn to laugh even through those moments when things might go wrong. Knowing your roles can allow you the freedom you desire to make the trip unforgettable.
Travelling with your spouse comes with all kinds of expectations, and it is when those expectations are not met, that issues can arise within you as a couple, and your trip becomes less remarkable. But those expectations don’t have to be the end of a beautiful holiday. With a few simple tips, the words “let’s go” can fill you with reasonable expectations and excitement.
From the moment you start planning your trip, you can start working together and plan a holiday filled with comprise that allows both of you room to enjoy your time. Will everything go perfectly? Probably not, but you can work through anything together with a teamwork mindset and maybe even find things to make you smile and laugh.
Communication is the transfer of information and one way to build a healthy relationship. When we think about communicating, we often focus on spoken words, but there is much more to express our thoughts, feelings, faith and dreams. Body language, tone, eye contact and gestures all play a part.
When we combine verbal and non-verbal communication, we allow the listener not just to hear our words but get to see how they affect us, and this picture has the potential to build up or confuse and shut down.
If we hold back when communicating, we risk shutting down, building walls and allowing miscommunication to cause riffs, which is not usually anyone’s desire.
Have you ever apologised to your spouse or anyone else and felt they did not hear you?
That the apology you had genuinely expressed had fallen flat?
How do we make our apology count?
You are not alone, getting an apology right is not as simple as I am sorry or I was wrong, but they are a great start.
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