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If you're married, you realize that your marriage could be so much more than it currently is. You may not feel the need for a 90 degree shift; perhaps you see the need for a mere 5 degree change of course. Regardless how needy your marital relationship is, the ideas presented in The Marriage Turnaround are presented to move your marriage toward great. The Marriage turnaround is not just for couples who may be struggling, its for every couple: premarrieds, newlyweds, married with kids, empty nesters. And, this is the place to share your ideas, questions and a place to be encouraged by peers.Here's what one reader of The Marriage Turnaround said:
"Sept 9 my wife had enough,that night I purchased your book by "mistake" one day shipping and all night and day reading I am worn out.
This mistake may save not only my marriage but myself.
I hope to let you know good news in the near future,but through your book I have seen things in myself that crippled my wife and together and with God we WILL work this out,she is sounding responsive to seeing a new me,time will tell.
Thanks for the greatest mistake ever. We have other books and have done sessions but nothing spoke to me like your book(and her leaving helped)
There is much work to do but for now THANK God,thank you and Fed ex for overnight shipping."
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Mitch has been married to Rhonda for 27 years. They have 3 grown children. One grandbaby! Mitch is Director of Marriage for one of the nations largest Christian Non Profits- Focus on the Family. Mitch is responsible for marriage related projects: strategic planning, marriage content media channel planning, resource and video production, satellite simulcasts, assessment creation, research, marriage conferences, strategic alliances, marketing, media interviews. Mitch is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the author/ co-author of 4 published books. He holds two graduate degrees in counseling, marriage and family therapy. Mitch worked in local churches for 23 years in family related areas. He was at a large church in the Southeast for 14 years before moving to Colorado. Mitch does consulting for organizations, churches and corporate businesses on how to help marriages and families in their organization. Mitch has conducted Intensives for couples in crisis with an 80% success rate for over 8 years. Mitch is passionate about helping marriages and families not only last, but to thrive!
Blog Posts
Marriage Tips 3
- Communicating to bring the “ump” back into your marriage. For example, “Honey, let’s make some changes. We are both in a rut. We’ve changed thro
Posted by Mitch Temple on February 8, 2010 at 6:30pm
Marriage Tips 2
- Make yourself attractive – Here’s the irony – if you make yourself more attractive your spouse will often become more attractive to you. I’m not real sure why this works, but it does. Quite often, changes that you make in your appearanc
Posted by Mitch Temple on February 7, 2010 at 3:00pm
Diggin Ditches in Marriage- The beauty of humility and service
Digging Ditches for your Marriage
In the Bible, second Kings chapter 3, the armies of three Kings were famishing because they had no water. With all their stre
… ContinuePosted by Mitch Temple on February 7, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
Marriage Tips
I will be posting some short tips that can help your marriage be stronger. These are not heavy clinical psycho babbly things, just common sense tips I have found helpful in my own marriage. I will try to post a few at the time so keep coming back regularly.
Posted by Mitch Temple on February 6, 2010 at 6:30pm
The Value of Being Quite
• It makes room for Listening
• It gives us freedom to Observe
• It allows time to Think
• It provides space in which to Feel
• It lets us broaden our Awareness
• It opens us to the entry of Peace
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Adapted from Figh… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on February 4, 2010 at 9:14am
Trust Busters
• Keeping Secrets from each other
• Not being honest
• Flirting with someone else
• Embarrassing your spouse
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Excerpted from Lists to Live By for Every Married Couple Copyright © 2001 by Alice Gray, Steve Stephens and John Van… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on February 1, 2010 at 8:12am
Do You Need To Forgive Someone?
Hope it will speak to you as well.
Mitch
Forgiveness: The intro to healing
PREPARATION
The concept of forgiveness has been the news lately. When will Tiger Woods find forgiveness? Will baseball fans across America forgive Mark McGw… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on January 25, 2010 at 12:37pm
Steps to Growing Closer
• Focus on forgiveness. Is there something you need
to ask forgiveness for? Do you need to forgive someone?
• What are the spiritual next steps in your lives?
Discuss and take action.
• Focus on better communications. Be more open and honest.
Volunteer something you haven't shared before.
• This Sunday, worship and pray together, communicating
with the Lord about your plans and goals.
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Posted by Mitch Temple on January 14, 2010 at 8:30am
The Value of Praising Each Other
> "Until recently, studies largely centered on how romantic partners respond to
> each other's misfortunes and on how couples manage negative emotions such as
> jealousy and anger - an approach in line with psychology's traditional focus
> on alleviating deficits. One key to successful bonds, the studies indicated,
> is believing that your partner will be there for you when things go wrong.
> Then, in 2004, psychologist Shell… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on January 12, 2010 at 6:30pm
Marriage Expectations/ Myths
Posted by Mitch Temple on January 11, 2010 at 5:30pm
Communication Killers
• Negative body language
• Failing to fully listen
• Withdrawing
• Changing the subject
• Clamming up or pouting
• Losing control
• Overblowing everything
• Attempting to mind read or psychoanalyze • Seeking peace at any cost • Turning up the volume on the TV
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Posted by Mitch Temple on January 8, 2010 at 3:29pm
A Sure Way to Keep Your Spouse From Sleeping With You- Be Rude
Among some christians there seems to be a sense of entitlement: "It dont matter how I treat you, we are married" or "we both love one another and committed so we can let our gaurd down and be real" (rude). For many years I bought… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on January 6, 2010 at 10:47pm
Local Police Are Overloaded On Christmas Eve Because Of Domestic Violence Calls/ National Marriage Week Feb. 7-14th
As I lis… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on January 2, 2010 at 11:30am
The Marriage Behavior Checklist- How are you doing?
But, there is no doubt about it, behavior is important too. Bad thinking can lead to bad behaviors in marriage. For example, If you think your spouse is the son or daughter of Satan, that will definitely affect the way you act toward them (sleep with a gun, wear a cross to bed... :) . But behav… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 29, 2009 at 1:00pm
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
A great poem to read on a cold winter night, like this one.
Mitch
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
By Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 24, 2009 at 6:00pm
The Hottest Gifts this Christmas Season and The Best Thing you can give your kids for Christmas
The Hottest Holiday Gifts
(To read full article… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 22, 2009 at 12:36pm
Merry Christmas- Not Happy Holidays
'Merry Christmas,' Not 'Happy Holidays'
Religious freedom means the right to embrace the customs and meaning of Christ's birth
By Henry E. Brown
Posted December 18, 2009
Henry E. Brown is a Republican congressman from South Caro… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 21, 2009 at 7:00am
Are You a Good Spouse? Four quick check points.
• Do you periodically do it his way?
• Do you take the time to have heart-to-heart chats?
• Do you truly listen to her?
• Do you sometimes say "I'm Sorry"?
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Excerpted from Lists to Live By for Every Married… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 19, 2009 at 8:30am
You must read this article on the End of Solitude- how we are loosing our ability to be quite, still and the quest for being known
The End of Solitude
By William Deresiewicz
What does the contemporary self want? The camera has created a culture of celebrity; the computer is creating a culture of connectivity. As the two technologies converge — broadband tipping the Web from text to image, social-networking sites spreading the mesh of interconnection ever wider — the two cultures betray a common impulse. Celebrity and connectivity are both ways of becoming known. This is what the contemporary self wants. I… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 18, 2009 at 7:00am
Former PGA Chaplain and Marriage author helps Tiger and Elin protect their greatest asset
Tiger’s career is not his greatest asset. When they work through this season of their lives and Tiger ventures back into golf, it will be with a laser sharp focus that all but guarantees he will obliter… Continue
Posted by Mitch Temple on December 17, 2009 at 12:28pm
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