How to Design Your Weekend

One day I was scrolling social media and came across this:  Hang on. Why should being a mother mean that your weekends feel just like any other day of the week? Yes, the early stages of motherhood can be a sleep-deprived, relentless monotony of doing the same things day in, day out with it all…

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How to Deal With an Annoying Husband

Does your hubby irritate you? Is he slowly driving you mad with his array of petty but annoying behaviours? Yep. I hear you. After 17 years of marriage I’ve got a pretty extensive list of things that drive me around the bend. Leaves pans to ‘soak’ rather than just washing them up. Tells me I…

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 5 Signs You’re Drifting Apart in Your Marriage and What To Do About It

Do you have a nagging sense that your relationship is in trouble? Maybe you’re a busy mother who’s juggling home, kids. husband, friends, parents, work, social activities. On the surface you appear to have a successful family life, but that’s not quite the whole picture. Does something feel ‘off’ in your marriage? Are you feeling increasingly frustrated and resentful? Or…

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Learn To Speak Your Partner’s Love Language

Does your partner text while you’re talking? Fail to notice when you’ve had your hair done? Does say he loves you, but you’d feel like he meant it if he helped out around the house more? Or maybe a kind gesture on your part didn’t get the desired reaction from him. You’re left wondering why you even…

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Treat Your Husband Like Your Best Friend

Imagine the scene: You’ve got a good friend visiting and she’s brought some mud in on her shoes. Would you yell at her for not taking her shoes off? Demand she clean it up immediately? How about a friend drives you somewhere and takes a wrong turn. Would you make her feel like a dimwit?…

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Be a Lover Not a Fighter. How to Fight Fair.

My man and I are at gridlock. What’s it about this time? Teeth brushing. (He’s before breakfast, I’m after.) Each of us firmly believes we’re right (even though it’s obviously me). It’s not just the little things we argue over. Like all couples, we have our ‘button pushing’ topics – housework, money, sex, parenting…. We’re…

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