Scheduling a Partnership Meeting

Martha and I have very busy lives. All the couples I work with do too. We all do! A common complaint I hear couples saying is “Our lives are so busy, we never have time to sit down and talk to each other.” Making the time to sit down and talk with each other, to […]

What Basketball Teaches Us About Marriage

Whenever I start working with a couple, I let them know that I am committed to the quality of their connection with each other, their teamwork and their partnership over time. If I were a basketball coach, I’d be committed to the same thing. What can we learn from the game of basketball in this […]

Align on Your Intentions

This past New Year’s Eve, I declared that 2016 is going to be a great year! That sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Then I started to wonder: What was going to make 2016 a great year? Was it just going to happen because I said so? How would I know? I recently picked up a book […]

The Partnership Marriage Webinar Series

Starting on February 17, 2016, I will be facilitating The Partnership Marriage Webinar Series designed specifically for individuals and couples interested in exploring partnership in marriage or in committed relationship. Participants will explore marriage as a life-long conversation for partnership and learn the conversational tools outlined in my book, The Partnership Marriage: Creating the Life You […]

Assessing Partnership in your Marriage

The following is a tool that you and your spouse can use to get a sense of the degree of partnership in different areas of your life.  First, find some time in your calendars to have this conversation. Get together and talk about how you know when your partnership is strong. For instance, you both […]

Increased Divorce Rate Among Baby Boomers

My wife, Martha, and I are baby boomers. Many of our good friends are baby boomers. We are in that cohort of Americans born after World War II between 1946 and 1964. This year the youngest baby boomers are turning 50 years old! The oldest of us are closing in on age 70 years. As […]

Creating “Partnership” Projects

Fall is a time of the year when there is so much to do! Summer is over and there seems to be a billion projects on the horizon: Home improvement projects, landscaping projects, visits with family and friends, health and fitness commitments and so much more. Martha and I often sit down together and put […]

Relaxation, Reflection and Renewal

Martha and I recently returned from a forty-day vacation to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary! We called our trip “Forty for Forty.” We concocted this idea 9 months ago after getting inspired about taking a road trip during the summer. We considered a two-week vacation, but that was too short. I suggested a three-week trip, but […]

What is a Great Partnership?

I am interested in partnership in marriage. I wondered this week about how people create partnership in other areas of life, such as in business or in sports. I did some searching on the Internet this week to see how people in different professional arenas might answer the question: What is a great partnership? Is […]

Marriage Defined

I looked up the dictionary definition of marriage today. “Marriage is the formal union of a man and a woman, usually recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife.” My next thought was that definition is going to have to change in the coming years. “Marriage is the formal union of two people, […]