You've probably heard recommendations for having a Family Game Night. I'm a big fan, and I think this is a wonderful way to strengthen relationships in family life and infuse a sense of fun and playfulness into

I saw this video recently at a Men's Fraternity meeting, and found it to be both profoundly hilarious and profoundly true. If you have been having difficulties with the opposite sex, particularly your spouse, buckle up and

                                           This is by no means a comprehensive list of what it takes to build and maintain a great marriage. These three keys

Thank you for following my ten part series on peace.  I hope it has been worth your time and effort so far.  In my experience, today is where we separate the men from the boys, or the

If you haven't read my previous five posts on ways to increase your peace, I would encourage you to do so before proceeding.  Now that we are coming down the home stretch, my remaining five suggestions are

Our household is in full-on Kung Fu Panda mode right now.  Don't tell my son's school teachers or principal, please!  It's a peace-loving Montessori school, and Kung Fu definitely wouldn't go over well on that playground.  But,

Okay, in fairness to my Marriage 1.0 and 1.1 posts, this one challenges a "funny" email from a male perspective. Here is the email, followed by my comments: "Earl and Bubba (feel free to insert Boudreaux and

If you have not read my previous post, Marriage 1.0, I recommend doing so before you read this one. It will make much more sense that way. "Please enter the command: 'I Thought You Loved Me.exe' and

Someone forwarded me the following email today, which is obviously written to be funny, even though it is based on very common real life experiences that are anything but funny. Maybe you've read it before. You may

The concept of "differentiation of self" was formally defined, explored, and explained by the late Murray Bowen, one of the great minds and founding grandfathers of the field of marriage and family therapy. While his mind and