If fights are happening in your marriage, it’s because you are choosing to have them.
About Lesli Doares
The Courage to Be Both You and Married
If you give up who you are, your relationship is doomed to failure.
If you give up who you are, your relationship is doomed to failure.
Marriage Requires Change, But Not as Much as You Think
I am a proponent of changing behaviors that are bothersome to one spouse.
I am a proponent of changing behaviors that are bothersome to one spouse.
Sometimes In Marriage You Have to Say ‘No’
Saying “no” may mean disappointing someone you love and care about. But saying "yes" and not meaning it leads to feeling resentful and manipulated.
Saying “no” may mean disappointing someone you love and care about. But saying “yes” and not meaning it leads to feeling resentful and manipulated.
Complaining About Your Marriage Is the Wrong Way to Go
Complaining Is easy. Taking action is hard.
Complaining Is easy. Taking action is hard.
Why Guys Should Watch Chick Flicks
For women, sex is mainly in our heads. Annnnddd...chick flicks put us in the moment.
For women, sex is mainly in our heads. Annnnddd…chick flicks put us in the moment.
What Does Money Mean to You?
How you answer this question is really important for your marriage.
How you answer this question is really important for your marriage.
Resentment—the Silent Relationship Killer
Resentment works on the foundation of a relationship much like termites work on a house.
Resentment works on the foundation of a relationship much like termites work on a house.
Marriage Is for Adults
An adult---and a marriage---requires the ability to recognize your impact on others and to alter your behavior accordingly.
An adult—and a marriage—requires the ability to recognize your impact on others and to alter your behavior accordingly.
Starting Right Is the Path to a Happy Marriage
One of the saddest things I see is when a couple comes in and the husband is reeling because the wife is about to walk out the door.
One of the saddest things I see is when a couple comes in and the husband is reeling because the wife is about to walk out the door.
Creating Your Marriage ‘Money Story’
Unless you are very lucky, you and your partner do not have the same money story. One of the challenges of marriage is how to take these different stories and merge them into a new and productive one which works for you both.
Unless you are very lucky, you and your partner do not have the same money story. One of the challenges of marriage is how to take these different stories and merge them into a new and productive one which works for you both.
Is Your Marriage a Priority?
If you don't want to spend time with your partner, it's because your marriage is not a priority. That's fine, but make sure you realize it's a conscious choice.
If you don’t want to spend time with your partner, it’s because your marriage is not a priority. That’s fine, but make sure you realize it’s a conscious choice.
Is Money Messing Up Your Marriage?
Finances are one of the two major problem areas affecting marriage. The other is intimacy.
Finances are one of the two major problem areas affecting marriage. The other is intimacy.
Are You Living Your Parents Marriage? Or Your Own?
Your parents are the first to teach you what a man, a woman, a husband, a wife, a mother, and a father is. This knowledge shapes your understanding of these ideas as an adult.
Your parents are the first to teach you what a man, a woman, a husband, a wife, a mother, and a father is. This knowledge shapes your understanding of these ideas as an adult.
Victory in the Battle of the Toilet Seat
In the War between the Sexes, the ongoing battle over the position of the toilet seat almost seems insurmountable.
In the War between the Sexes, the ongoing battle over the position of the toilet seat almost seems insurmountable.
Digging Out of the Communication Ditch
Words come loaded with expectations. It is these expectations that send your relationship into the ditch.
Words come loaded with expectations. It is these expectations that send your relationship into the ditch.