Studies have shown that if you have 4-6 pre-marital counseling sessions prior to marriage, you are 50% less likely to ultimately divorce. This is a remarkable statistic. Especially when you consider that those pre-marital sessions are conducted by someone like me. Why is pre-marital counseling so important and helpful in laying the groundwork for marital […]
Communication is Key
May 7, 2015 By Rich Herbster
Filed Under: Bulletin Board, Rich's Blog Tagged With: communication, Conflict Resolution, Hermeneutics, Interpetation, Marriage, Meaning
Practicing the Kindness of Attitudinal Loyalty
April 16, 2015 By Rich Herbster

In a (brilliantly written) earlier post, I shared a helpful insight that researchers have uncovered that is key to marital happiness: kindness, and this displayed through gracious response in the midst of seemingly insignificant conversation. The same study discovered another way in which kindness is demonstrated in a successful marriage. That is our attitude toward […]
Filed Under: Rich's Blog Tagged With: Attitude, Loyalty, Marriage
Astonishing Secret of Marital Health Revealed!
March 3, 2015 By Rich Herbster

A marvelous new scientific discovery has unveiled a secret of relevance to most of our population – those who are or will be married. What is the secret you ask? What earth-shattering insight has been garnered that has never before been known to mankind? Some insight from genetics, perhaps? Nope. Some sort of radical new […]
Filed Under: Rich's Blog Tagged With: communication, Kindness, Marriage, respect, Science