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Practical wisdom, faith-filled insights, and real-world relationship advice for couples at every stage. Our blog offers practical tools and Catholic perspectives to help you love smarter. Explore topics including communication, fertility, forgiveness, spirituality, parenting, and more — authored by Francine & Byron Pirola and other guest contributers.
SmartLoving: What it is. How to do it.
Want an easy way to understand SmartLoving? Have a look at this deck to find out what it is and how to do it! …
Understanding Sexual Differences
Ron & Kathy Feher explore some of the ways that men and women are different. Five Myths About Marriage Sacrament Essentials – Reconciliation Do…
St Valentine’s Day 2015
This post is reposted from The Australian Catholic Marriage & Family Council In 2010, the Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life launched the St Valentine’s Day…
The Wisdom of a Prenup??!
Recently, we’ve been reflecting on prenuptial agreements and we think there’s some merit to them. Gasp! Surely, they can’t be serious you think. Can they…
Five Ways To Help A Struggling Marriage
We’ve all been in that situation. A friend or relative confides in us that they are having some marriage trouble. We want to help but…
Conscious Recoupling
When Gwenyth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their intention to ‘consciously uncouple’ earlier in 2014, it was not their divorce that captured public attention, but…
Making Marriage Your Mission
Ron & Kathy Feher speak about the value of approaching your marriage with a mission mindset. The Epic Battle in Every Marriage Criticism Cancer…
24/7 Connected
Our young adult son is in a blue funk. He and his flatmates have been unable to get the internet connected to their new place…
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)…
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…
Great Lovers Know their Spouse
What makes a great lover? Workshop Brings Hope to Stressed Marriages Have you been lied to? Part I Know Your Spouse’s Unique Love Profile…
Love Needs and Busters
Falling in love is a conversion experience. Most of us start out as self-centred individuals and suddenly find ourselves caring more about someone else’s happiness…
A Marriage in Trouble
Stepping Out of the Blender: The Keys of Successful Blended Families Chuck and Melinda were both married and divorced before meeting each other. Married to…
Pope Francis Marrying Sinners Is No Surprise
Last month Pope Francis seemed to shock the world by marrying twenty couples in a ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica. Aside from the fact that…
Abstinence
It’s easy for parents to despair of teaching their kids abstinence. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute…