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Another review of “101 Tips for Happier Marriage”

Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes Ave Maria Press Internationally known family and marriage scholar Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute joins forces with Franciscan University...

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101 Tips for a Happier Marriage–a review

by Matt Archbold Posted on Creative Minority Report on June 5, 2014. I read 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage: Simple Ways for Couples to Grow Closer to God and to Each Other (Ave Maria Press), by Dr....

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A happy marriage is simple

BY TAMARA RAJAKARIAR Is marriage on the horizon for you? Stop buying every self-help book you can find and there’s no need to look into a pre-nuptial agreement – because it’s simpler than you think....

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Special Wedding Edition Now Available!

How many toasters does a newlywed couple really need? Forget breakable appliances that eventually get replaced. Get the engaged couples you know the gift that lasts a lifetime: the means to truly live...

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Going to a wedding this summer? Grab one of these!

JUNE 11, 2014, San Marcos, CA—This wedding season, give newlyweds a jump start on ‘happily ever after’with 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage: Simple Ways for Couples to Grow Closer to God and to Each...

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Tip #52 from 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

View disappointments in quarrels as curve balls, not as crises. If you really believe in yourself, you’ll know that you can handle curve balls. Make a decision to handle them. If the only curve ball...

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101 Tips for a Happier Marriage – book review

Reviewed by Julie Dortch Cragin, wife, mother of six, manager of St. Mary’s Bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee, and author of Bless My Child, Jesus at My Side, and Visiting Mary: Her U.S. Shrines and...

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Tip #63 from 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

Protect yourself when your spouse starts criticizing you. Imagine yourself inside a giant bell-shaped jar. You can observe what is going on around you, but the jar protects you from anything harmful...

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Transformational marriage

Very interesting article over at Ethika Politika, called “Choosing Transformational Marriage,” by a young lady named Elizabeth Stoker Bruening.  She makes the point that we are all so freaked out over...

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Tip #27 from 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

Listen to what your spouse is trying to tell you during a conflict. Sometimes conflict arises because one person is trying to hold the other accountable for misbehavior, bad habits, or character flaws....

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A happy marriage is better than a messy divorce.

Accolades for 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage “How can something as wide and complex as marital conflict be addressed by a book so slender and simple? Our culture stresses the wedding day and forgets...

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Get a Personalized Copy of our Latest Book!

Regarding 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage “As someone who, through the grace of God and a lot of hard work, was able to rebuild a marriage, I can say that this book offers so much to couples who may be...

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Tip #19 from 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

Picture yourself living to a ripe old age. For men, divorce is about as dangerous as picking up a pack a day cigarette habit. Being unmarried shortens a woman’s life span by more years than having...

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What 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage can do for you

“At last! A good and reliable guide to what it takes to make a marriage work and make it last a lifetime. The authors show us that a successful marriage is more about being good than feeling good....

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Tip #51 from 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

Remove your self-esteem from the argument. You have a choice about how to handle not getting what you want. If your self-esteem depends on always being right, your self-esteem will always be fragile....

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Tip #38 from 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

Give your spouse the benefit of the doubt, even in your mind. If you find yourself mentally rehearsing your grudges, change the subject. Harboring negative thoughts will make you sour. Have you ever...

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101 Tips for a Happier Marriage: Simple Ways for Couples to Grow Closer to...

Reviewed by Mary Ann Paulukonis This review was originally posted at For Your Marriage here. Where some books have a dedication, this book has a page with three centered lines. “God is God. You are...

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How to Have a Happy Marriage (Even when You’re Busy with Kids)

by Betsy Kerekes, Ruth Institute editor, co-author with Dr. Morse of 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage (Ave Maria Press 2013, Pauline Publications India 2014) and the blog Parentingisfunny.wordpress.com....

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Ten Simple Steps to Keeping Romance Alive

by Betsy Kerekes This article was first published at aleteia.org on February 15, 2015. Anyone who tells you that kids won’t take a toll on romance in your marriage is a fool or someone desperate for...

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The key to a happy marriage? Take the d-word out of your vocabulary

by Francis Phillips This article was first published at CatholicHerald.co.uk on February 26, 2015. “101 Tips for a Happier Marriage” by Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes contains some sage advice...

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