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This Is Not Our Date Night Era

There was a time when we’d have a reservation at a cozy restaurant to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I’d dress up, spray perfume and then sip champagne toasting our young love.   Things are different now but not “bad” different. Just ……

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Marriage

How Well Do You Know Your Partner?

This past year, Penn and I went out on a date. When we sat down we both happily agreed, “Let’s not talk about work or the kids.” We smiled, ordered drinks, and then we sat there. I’m pretty sure one…

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Marriage

Supporting A Partner With Anxiety

Talking about anxiety is really HARD for someone with anxiety. Quite honestly, I can’t talk about specific encounters without reliving those feelings. I think that’s why it’s sometimes so hard for people to be able to openly talk with others…

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Marriage

Supporting A Partner with ADHD

It’s taken me a lot of years to give grace to Penn and his struggles with ADHD. Not that I don’t love him, I just didn’t always understand it. If you’ve been following us here for a while, you know…

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Marriage

What I Wish Was On Our Wedding Registry

Oh Sweet! 7,000 thread count Egyptian cotton! We can’t afford that but I bet Uncle Bobby could. Add to list. Pewter salt shakers that have a little rotor on top that churns out salt! Maybe Grandma will pay 75 Bucks…

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Marriage

Being Better At Being Married

Through our podcast and our book, Penn and I have always been very open about our successes and failures as a married couple. (Why not learn from our screw ups, right?) We’ve always strived to have better than just a…

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Marriage

We’re on The Amazing Race!

Whenever Penn and I would put together IKEA furniture, we would always joke… “We better get better at this if we’re ever going to be on The Amazing Race.” You see we remember when The Amazing Race first aired back…

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Marriage

How We Anticipate Each Other’s Needs

Marriage isn’t always 50/50. In fact, in our marriage, there are times one partner is pulling the entire load.  Penn and I wrote a whole book about the marriage lessons we’ve learned through counseling and doing life together for the…

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A Guide To Our Podcast

As I’ve said many times before, recording our podcast is one of my favorite things to do. Usually, Penn and I sit down on Fridays and either talk about what’s going on in our lives or get to interview very…

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Marriage

Know Your Fight Cycles

If there’s one thing Penn and I know for sure, it’s to not dive into deep conversations in the month of December. It almost always leads to an argument. We also try to avoid big discussions late at night when…

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