It is in important to be aware of the warning signs that your marriage might be in trouble and take corrective action. One warning sign is toxic fighting which can be filled with negative assumptions. Another warning sign is avoidance when couples brush important issues under the rug.

Many couples brush issues under the rug rather than resolve hurts as the occur. In marriage, it is easy to get defensive and build a wall rather than connect with your spouse’s emotion. Learn how to respond to conflict in a way that heals hurts and strengthens your marriage.

We cannot meet each other’s emotional needs in marriage if we do not learn what they are. Healthy couples embrace the fact that God created us to have emotional needs and to meet those needs in the marriage relationship.

Meeting each other’s emotional needs in marriage can be difficult because our needs are often quite different, and they can change over time. Learning to navigate the differences and meet our spouse’s emotional needs effectively is the key to a healthy relationship.

Often times one or more of our emotional needs come from wounds in our past. It is very healing personally and bonding relationally when we meet those needs for each other in marriage.

Most couples do not have a predictable way of resolving conflict effectively. One important strategy for resolving conflict effectively is to know how to know how to call a time out when things are heated and how to come back to it once things have settled

Constant conflict in marriage can be exhausting. When you don’t know how to bring up a “hot topic”, it can make you feel stuck. Learn tips for communicating things that are bothering you in a way that still keeps you connected as a couple.