Dr. David Archives

Do you allow work pressures to bring down your mood? Don't lose sight of who you really want to be: your Best Self.

How can couples work together to stay watchful so that they are not the victims of an addiction, affair, separation or divorce?

Consider placing your needs aside for a time to meet those unmet needs of your mate. True love requires extending ourselves.

“I hate that we haven’t been able to make it work. I hope for the best, but we don’t know how to find our way back to each other.”

Falling in love is the easy part. The first stages of courtship are blissful. Then comes the real work, and significant hurdles.

As men take responsibility for loving their wives as Christ loved the church, sacrificially giving to her, she will often respond lovingly.

Day in and day out living will bring many minor annoyances. You must have a plan on how you will deal with these irritants.

In each situation my wife and I have a policy: Look around our faults. This is not my best self!

Women, and actually men too, must have an emotional bubble around them protecting them from feeling violated.

While Thanksgiving is a day of celebration, thanks giving is an attitude that can be cultivated.

The act of cleaving involves fully respecting your mate, honoring him/ her, knowing them and enjoying that intimacy.

Someone has said, “A feeling denied is intensified.” Those emotions live and breathe beneath the surface, erupting in overreactions.

“Accept one another, then, as Christ has accepted you, in order to bring praise to God” (Romans 15:7).

My marriage is heading for divorce. Unfortunately, I feel my situation is atypical, and it's hard to find good advice.

“The past is the best predictor of the future,” they’ve been told. This counsel is, sadly, short-sighted and in many cases, wrong.