Are there some things you are holding onto and not forgiving and letting go of? You know what I’m talking about. We lie to ourselves and think somehow, we are protecting ourselves. I am here to tell you when these show up for me, I have to stop and forgive and ask God to change my heart. These build up in marriage and are big reasons we feel the disconnection.
Category: Relationships
Emotional Resilience Without Toxic Positivity: Thriving After 60 With Strength, Confidence, and Connection
Living your best life after 60 is not about chasing perfection or trying to reclaim youth. It is about becoming fully yourself.
It is waking up each day with purpose, curiosity, confidence, and emotional freedom.
Struggling with Communication: 3 Easy Shifts to Rebuild Emotional Intimacy
Have you ever noticed you’re talking every single day… but somehow you still feel alone in your marriage? You’re not fighting. There’s no crisis. Nothing dramatic happened. And yet… something feels off. You’re coordinating schedules. Talking about dinner. Discussing the kids. Maybe even watching shows together. But emotionally? You feel distant. Friend, this is one of the most common midlife marriage struggles…
Five Ways to Awaken Desire God’s Way
God’s design for sexual intimacy isn’t about perfection or trying harder. It’s about choosing love first—consistently, intentionally, and faithfully. When you love your husband because you see him as God made him, not because you want to change him, desire awakens naturally. And that’s what this post is all about: how to align your heart,…
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
If you’re about my age, that title may trigger the memory of a song by the same title released in June of 1976 by Elton John and KiKi Dee. It’s one of those lines in a song that can really get stuck in your head. In fact, I’m willing to bet that some of you…
Why Trying to Improve Your Sex Drive Is Making Intimacy Harder
Ask new questions. Don’t assume you know his answer. Just be curious Share honest thoughts, trust grows through letting him in. Not hiding. Laugh together, find the humor again. Pray for your husband, God’s best for me and thank God for the fact you two are different. How boring to be married to yourself, we need novelty, we need that polarity, it’s what creates the passion.
The Power of Your Words
When I was 19 years old, one conversation changed the direction of my life. I was a college sophomore studying TV broadcasting, dreaming of becoming a morning show anchor. (Think Jane Pauley and Joan Lunden—I wanted to be just like them!) At a choir party, I met a man named Cal Thomas, a well-known journalist…
How to Rebuild Intimacy Without Pressure, Performance, or Pretending
If you’ve been reading to my last two posts, you know we’ve uncovered two truths: Today, we’re moving into the action phase. No checklists. No tips that feel forced. No “do this or fail” pressure. As I share these ideas with you I want to share what God has done in my marriage—and how He…
7 Steps for Step Grandparents
You will be amazed at how quickly a grandparent can fall in love with more kids. Step grandparents often share that they have a fabulous love relationship and a beautiful bond with their step grandkids. These little hearts and minds don’t view them as a step anything. They are just Nana or Grandpa.
Struggling With Communication? 5 Tips to Build Connection and Rekindle Intimacy in Marriage
If you’re an empty-nest wife feeling like your conversations with your husband feel flat, shallow, or tense lately, this one’s for you. So many wives tell me: “We’re talking, but we’re not connecting.” Or: “He doesn’t open up.” Or the classic: “We’re good, but something feels off.” Here’s the truth no one tells you: Communication problems are rarely communication…









