The latest study by the University of Melbourne tells us that being married is advantageous, particularly for men! Researchers have questioned about 17,000 Australians on what makes them happy for its annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey. What’s good for your general health? The survey found that people who exercised every day
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All couples agree that marriage is an investment. Like all investments it will continue to grow and develop if you both put time and the right type of effort into it. The old adage applies here, ‘the more you put in, the more return you will get’. We have been counselling families and couples for
The assumption that most people have is that those couples who have children would be far more likely to eat together as a family at home, than those couples without children. Many studies have found that families with children benefit enormously from eating at the table with their parents, together with their brothers and sisters.
Having been a marriage counsellor for many years, it would seem that most couples are indeed opposite to each other on many things and surprisingly many couples are okay. In fact most marriage counsellors would say that it is not the differences between couples that cause the problems. It is not simply a matter being
Learning from the couples who succeed in marriage counselling What to DO…and not to do 1. Successful couples see counselling sessions as a process, rather than a quick fix. They understand that long-standing issues are not going to be resolved in a few sessions. The steady road is the sure one. 2. They ‘don’t fight