Do you feel like you always have to be a strong black woman? Truth be told, "Strong Black Woman Baggage" is a thing. It's a thing that makes it difficult for a black woman to let go and have more intimacy in marriage. Strong Black Woman Baggage: 7 Tips to Let Go for a More Intimate Marriage In this article: Questions to consider Balancing the life of the SBW The … [Read more...]
Sexless Marriage? 21 Questions to Incredible Sex with Your Spouse
There's nothing better than a hot, steamy and romantic relationship; one where just the thought of the other person gets you all hot, bothered and excited. Unfortunately, there are some couples who struggle with their physical connection and find themselves enduring a sexless marriage. Sexless Marriage? 21 Questions to Incredible Sex with Your Spouse In this article: … [Read more...]
3 Intimacy Hacks that Will Instantly Improve Your Love Life
There are two types of relationships. There's the one where intimacy is alive and flourishing in a marriage. Then, there's the other where the couple hasn’t quite figured out how to have a love life that is more frequent and electrifying. Now for that second type of couple, there are a variety of factors that will impact their love life. Time, stress, a lack of energy and … [Read more...]
3 of the Biggest Threats to Intimacy and How to Overcome Them
Through our actions every day, we are either working to build the closeness and intimacy we share with our spouses or we are building a wall between it. Don’t be fooled—intimacy has enemies! Here are some of the biggest threats to intimacy and what we can do to tear down those walls standing between us and the ones we love. 3 of the Biggest Threats to Intimacy and How to … [Read more...]
Here’s What it Really Means to Be Intimate in Marriage
If you'd like to know how to increase the intimacy in your relationships, let’s begin with a simple definition. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “intimate” as follows: 1. belonging to or characterizing one's deepest nature 2. marked by very close association, contact, or familiarity 3. marked by a warm friendship developing through long association 4. suggesting informal … [Read more...]
Help My Wife Left Me! How Can I Become a More Nurturing and Sensitive Husband?
Dr. Buckingham, I feel like I am in hell. I am separated from my wife and do not know how things got so messed up so quickly. She recently moved out with our 10 year old and 14 year old children. I tried my best to be a good father and husband, but my wife always complained about me being insensitive to their needs. I did what I knew how..which was put a roof over their … [Read more...]
My Husband Doesn’t Show Me Love Like He Used To
Where did the affection go? My husband and I have been marriage coaches for quite some time now, and this is one of the topics that comes up frequently. Wives think: "Before marriage he gave me all of the attention that I needed." "What changed?" Husbands think: "I didn't realize she was so needy?" What Happened? Marriage happened! My husband and I had a good … [Read more...]
Wake-up Call: Divorce Begins Long Before She Walks Out the Door
When she packed her bags, and walked out the door he was shocked. He didn't see it coming. What happened? What did he miss? Was there another man? No, there wasn't another man. However, there was a woman who felt alone in her own home. You see, her divorce began way before she walked out that door. Being a life partner now seemed like a life sentence for her. This had been … [Read more...]
3 Places On My Wife I Commit to Kiss Every Single Day and Why
The first kiss recorded in the Bible is found in Genesis 27:26-27. When Jacob kissed his son Isaac. This kiss was a sign of respect, honor, and a passing of blessing. A kiss at its core is a sign of love and respect between two people. A kiss at its core is a sign of love and respect between two people. An now, in our culture, it has also become: a way to connect non-verbally … [Read more...]
Hot and Spicy or Dry and Stale? Here’s What Your Sex Life Might Be Saying About Your Marriage
For most couples, the highlight of their relationship is the intimacy. Looking forward to connecting to one another in this way, is definitely a benefit to your marriage. However, we all know that intimacy is the first to suffer when our relationship hits a barrier. I mean, who's really interested in making love when they don’t even want to be in the same room with their … [Read more...]
Is Love Enough to Sustain Your Marriage? 3 More Things You’ll Need to Make it Last
Is love enough to sustain your marriage? I will let you answer that for yourself. Let’s layout a few facts and a little evidence, and then you can draw your own conclusion. Have you ever heard a man or woman say, “I love my wife or I love my husband but I just can’t live with them any longer”? Or maybe you have heard this one, “I still love my ex, we get along so much … [Read more...]
15 Ways You Can Make Love All Day
“Make Love All Day,” when you hear that phrase does your mind immediately go to sexual intimacy? Most minds probably do. Those two sexy words, make love, take the mind directly do the bedroom. However, making love begins outside of the bedroom. It starts when you get up in the morning and continues throughout the day. The bedroom experience can be more than a physical act. It … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Keep the Fire Burning Long after the Wedding Bells
When the wedding bells ring, do the flames of marriage start to flicker out? Well, that is completely up to you. Only you can keep the fire and desire of marriage fresh. It’s a choice. The effort put into the courtship before marriage should continue once the wedding bells ring. Ten, 20, even 30 years later, the fire should still be blazing. The passion should still be … [Read more...]
Get It Started with Your Husband; 4 Tips to Rock His World…Tonight!
I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that men want sex. More than that, they want to feel wanted. When was the last time you initiated sex? I don’t mean, when was the last time that you said, “I’m going to sleep soon, so we’ve got a few minutes” or dropping some other subtle hint. I’m saying, when was the last time you aggressively kicked off the party? If your man is always the … [Read more...]
4 Great Ways to Fall in Love Every Day
by LaDawn Elliot, Love is all around us, it is an infinite energy that has no boundaries. It is an un-explainable feeling that can consumes every fiber of our being. It is an emotion that we simply have very little power to control. The heart knows no prejudice, it doesn’t see race, size, or class. It simply loves who it loves. Love can stand on its own and doesn’t ask … [Read more...]