Assessing Partnership in your Marriage

The following is a tool that you and your spouse can use to get a sense of the degree of partnership in different areas of your life.  First, find some time in your calendars to have this conversation. Get together and talk about how you know when your partnership is strong. For instance, you both […]

Creating “Partnership” Projects

Fall is a time of the year when there is so much to do! Summer is over and there seems to be a billion projects on the horizon: Home improvement projects, landscaping projects, visits with family and friends, health and fitness commitments and so much more. Martha and I often sit down together and put […]

Order Your Copy of The Partnership Marriage!

The Partnership Marriage: Creating the Life You Love…Together is now available!  You can purchase my book either by going to Amazon directly or by visiting my new book site, www.thepartnershipmarriagebook.com. I’d love to get your feedback.  Email your thoughts and comments to me at my new email address, andy@thepartnershipmarriage.com.  I’d greatly appreciate it!  

Relaxation, Reflection and Renewal

Martha and I recently returned from a forty-day vacation to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary! We called our trip “Forty for Forty.” We concocted this idea 9 months ago after getting inspired about taking a road trip during the summer. We considered a two-week vacation, but that was too short. I suggested a three-week trip, but […]

The Partnership Marriage is Published!

I am very happy to announce that The Partnership Marriage: Creating the Life You Love…Together has been published and is now available on Amazon!  You can purchase The Partnership Marriage by visiting my new book site, www.thepartnershipmarriagebook.com. Take a look! The last 6 months has been an exciting time for me. I have many, many people to […]

When Your Children Leave Home…

For many couples, raising healthy and happy children is a main purpose of their marriage. When your children leave home, your contribution as parents takes a different form; your initial purpose as parents begins to change. Your role is less active and your advice and support are usually most welcome when it comes at the […]

Connecting to Us, Mining the Gold Tele-seminar

Often we take our most precious asset, our relationship with our partner or spouse, for granted. In our hectic and busy lives it’s easy to forget the nurture the relationship that is most important to us. We long for a deep loving connection with our partner. Attending the Connections to Us, Mining the Gold Tele-seminar […]

“Let’s have a conversation”

In my relationship with my wife, Martha, one of us often says to the other, “Let’s have a conversation about _______________(fill in the blank).  The topic might be money, a home improvement project, a family member, our summer vacation or some issue.  We’ll pull out our calendars and schedule a time to have a conversation. […]

Announcing the Connecting to Us Tele-seminar

I am happy to be announcing the Connecting to Us Tele-seminar that I will be co-leading with Joanie Yanusas, starting on March 19th. I have included program information below. Often we take our most precious asset, our relationship with our partner or spouse, for granted. In our hectic and busy lives it’s easy to forget […]

Embracing Feelings

One of the important lessons that Martha and I learned early in our marriage was that expressing emotions is a natural and normal part of any human relationship. Feelings seem to come and go. It is easy to label some feelings as “good” and other feelings as “bad.” It is true that some feelings, like […]