Do you demand, or withdraw?
March 1, 2015 Comments Off on Do you demand, or withdraw?

Psychology Today

My last (failed) relationship, it turns out, is a psychological cliché, which is disheartening but at least it gives me plenty of company. If you’d peeked through my windows, you would have seen me-imploring with tears in my eyes or angry with my voice raised-demanding that we address the problems we were having. You’d also have seen my partner, his arms folded across his chest, silent and unresponsive, a dismissive look on his face.
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Maybe you should resolve to fix it instead?
January 1, 2015 Comments Off on Maybe you should resolve to fix it instead?

Science Blog –

“The vast majority of people get married during their lifetimes, and what is known is that, on average, satisfaction declines,” Lavner said. “So the question is, how do couples’ problems actually change? So many people enter marriage happily, but then go on to struggle. What explains that disconnect?”

The study used data from 169 newlywed couples assessed eight times over the first four years of marriage to examine how couples’ marital problems changed. Ratings of 19 specific problems indicated that couples’ difficulties in areas such as in-laws, household management, amount of time spent together and unrealistic expectations do not change.
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Who is having risky sex?
October 18, 2014 Comments Off on Who is having risky sex?

Women’s Health

It turns out that having higher levels of long-term self-regulation – that’s basically the ability to plan for the future, prioritize, and generally monitor yourself and your actions as they relate to your long-term goals – was associated with waiting longer to have sex, having fewer lifetime sexual partners, using condoms, and having low levels of sexual risk. Meanwhile, those who scored higher on short-term self-regulation – i.e.,
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How to really stop abortion.
October 5, 2014 Comments Off on How to really stop abortion.

Slate

So the debate boils down to this: Which approach can overcome the weakness of human nature? Can the abstinence crowd find a way to keep people chaste? Can the contraception crowd find a way to make people stick to their birth control? Can either side deliver the bottom line: fewer abortions?

A study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine (and outlined in Slate by Darshak Sanghavi and Amanda Marcotte) strikes a major blow for the contraception camp.
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Abstinence after marriage?
August 27, 2014 Comments Off on Abstinence after marriage?

Esquire

After a few years, the researcher checked back to find fourteen of the men had since gotten married. She discovered that their lifetimes of fighting sexual desire conditioned them to regard sex as taboo even after the knot had been tied, causing poor communication in the bedroom.

“After marriage, the church culture assumes that couples become each other’s support, regardless of the issue at hand,” Diefendorf said.
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Are you showing you love him/her?
March 16, 2014 Comments Off on Are you showing you love him/her?

Psychology Today
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Most theories of relationships focus on the ways that intimate partners feel about each other, but according to John Gottman’s behavioural approach, it’s the outward signs you need to focus on to test the health of yours. This approach follows from the assumption that observable actions provide, in many cases, harder evidence about what’s going on inside a person than the inferences we make from what he or she says.
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It’s not just a kiss.
November 4, 2013 Comments Off on It’s not just a kiss.

New York Times:

The participants generally rated kissing in casual relationships as most important before sex, less important during sex, even less important after sex and least important “at other times.? (To clarify: researchers defined kissing as “on the lips or open-mouth (French).?)

Past research has shown that three types of people tend to be choosier in selecting mates who are genetically fit and compatible:
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Look God, No Hands…
August 24, 2011 1 Comment on Look God, No Hands…

Utne Reader

By contrast, secular society is embracing masturbation as a way for women to better understand their bodies and enhance their pleasure with their partners. Millions of women struggle with reaching orgasms during sex, so, more and more, sex-ed teachers are including masturbation in their curricula. Last year, the United Nations released a report suggesting that children as young as 5 learn about masturbation.
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How do You Know He/She’s The One?
December 20, 2005 Comments Off on How do You Know He/She’s The One?

FROM REJECTION TO CONNECTION

After all, God could have had other plans for Tiffany. Yet several key things had given me confidence:
Tiffany and I had built our relationship on a foundation of… FAITH. Jesus, and His will for our lives, was (and is) the center of our desires. He defined our self-worth, not the status of having someone to date.
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Session Notes

Do you demand, or withdraw?

Maybe you should resolve to fix it instead?

Who is having risky sex?

How to really stop abortion.

Abstinence after marriage?

Are you showing you love him/her?

It’s not just a kiss.

Look God, No Hands…

How do You Know He/She’s The One?

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