Marriages
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | Marriages | No Comments »
When couples lose the routine and social web of their home life to move abroad, martial strains can become overbearing.
Often times, if the move is tied to a company in the US, a spouse may work extended hours to coincide with his or her American coworkers.
I recently read this article in [...]
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 | Health, Marriages | No Comments »
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that people who were involved in bad relationships had a 34 percent increase in developing coronary problems later in life. This study involved both couples in bad marriages and unmarried couples in negative relationships.
Contrary to the belief that married couples are overall healthier than [...]
Friday, October 5th, 2007 | Marriages | No Comments »
According to the N.C. Center for Health Statistics, roughly 65,000 people were married in N.C. in 2006, and more than half that number divorced.
Now three high schools in Halifax county are part of the Healthy Marriage Demonstration Program which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The course teaches students on [...]
Friday, August 10th, 2007 | Counseling, Marriages | No Comments »
This Sunday, The New York Times Magazine will be running an interesting feature on couples’ therapy debating whether or not some marriages can really be saved through counseling.
The online version is already up here.
Here’s a quote from the writer, Laurie Abraham, ” But what I discovered sitting in on this couples group for a [...]
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | Marriages | No Comments »
As couples rushed to take advantage of a 07-07-07 marriage dates, planners and photographers alike are overwhelmed with business on what has become one of the most popular wedding dates in modern history. However, an article I read by Kathleen Doheny of CBS News argues that these couples are going to need more than [...]
Friday, June 29th, 2007 | Marriages | No Comments »
I just read an interesting piece in The Economist about how while most couples heading to Vegas think of the Elvis Chapel, on July 7, 2007 many will be heading to the world’s wedding capital in hopes of having a lucky marriage (7-7-7). In fact it’s supposed to be one of the busiest marriage seasons [...]