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Healthy Long Distance Marriage Advice: I Miss What We Used To Have!

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Last week I had a client who demanded a counseling sessions. She said she didn’t think she could take the trucking lifestyle any longer. I asked her what was going on and why she felt such strong feelings. She said she missed what her and her husband used to have.  Hugs Long talks Laughter Sex Ever since he started working over the road he has been stressed, less talkative and tired. When he returned home all he would do was crash and seems as if he slept for days and wouldn’t want to talk.  I can relate to this situation all to well. Devon would be over the road for weeks. When he came home all he would do was sleep, eat and shit. I’m like are we going to do something? I want to go out to eat. Let’s go to the movies. But all he wanted to do was eat a home cooked meal, watch a movie at home and rest. It took me a long time to get use to his needing to let his body whine down and relax from being in a bumpy truck and eating processed foods for weeks. It wasn’t until

Long Distance Marriage Advice: I Enjoy Being Alone But I Get Lonely

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In long distance marriage we sometimes argue and find ourselves living a experience of miscommunication because we feel like our spouse isn't living up to his or her end of the bargain. When we don’t feel heard, respected, and have feelings of insecurity our emotions can quickly lead to resentment and conflict.  Communication is the obvious cornerstone of a healthy and thriving marriage. Many couples mistakenly think they have great communication between them when they regularly talk about their mutual issues including finances and the children. Those are the necessities of life and it would be hard to have a productive family and household environment if you ignored those issues. However, just because you share pleasure in common everyday life issues doesn’t mean you communicate effectively when it comes to the important issues within your life or marriage.  Many of my clients come to me complaining about how there spouse never make time for them when they come home