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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.
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
In a Stanford Business School talk, author Greg McKeown reflects on what holds capable, driven people from breaking through to the next level. He says…
A Marriage to Remember
My mother, Pam White, has had a full life. In her 67 years she has raised three children, enjoyed a rewarding career as a social…
My Partner Hates My Job!
Gregory K. Popcak, Ph.D., MSW. Finding a balance between work and relationships is a challenge for everyone, but what if you and your partner disagree…
Sleeping with a different woman every night
Married life is many things but it is never boring! When we are talking about marriage to high school students invariably some guy at the…
My Many Marriages
We all understand that our marriages go through their ups and downs, but we often don’t appreciate that they also go through fundamental changes over…
How Porn Kills Great Sex in Marriage
According to Sam Black of Covenant Eyes, there are four fundamental ways that pornography undermines marital sex. Contrary to expectations, porn won’t make you a…
Conscious Uncoupling Debunked
When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their intention to ‘consciously uncouple’ last month, the twitter-sphere went crazy. Not only is a Hollywood bust up…
A Fine Romance?
Re-posted with permission by Dr. Gregory Popcak Alexis and Jake have been married 11 years. They have three kids, two jobs, one dog and a whole…
Save a marriage for $200
In July, the Federal Government’s pilot ‘relationship voucher scheme’ comes into effect. The trial period has budgeted for 100,000 couples to receive a $200 voucher…
What my girly novels taught me about love
Selected from Agi Reefman’s blog: New Hope Talks When I wrote this post I was eyeball deep in some heavy theology. Seeing as my brain…
Modest is NOT Hottest
(Blog article by Natasha Craig, posted June 1, 2014) Growing up in a materialistic world is a challenge, I won’t sugar coat it. Pretty much…
Have you been lied to? Part I
Re-posted with permission by Agi Reefman Last week on my blog post, one person asked the question, “What’s this lie you’re talking about?” It was an…
Serial Dating or Smart Dating?
Why is it that as a society we only get serious about saving a marriage when it is under threat of ending? What might happen…
Partner Selection
How do you know what to look for in a romantic partner? One young woman liked to tell us she had three simple criteria for…
Video: Look Up
Such a powerful reminder to truly connect with people on a human level and leave behind the mediocre. Technology connects us, yet we are more…