Tag: Relationships
SmartLoving: The Honey-Do List standoff
Wondering how to get your husband to do the household jobs you really care about? Or how to get your wife to stop nagging and micromanaging? If so, SmartLoving’s Francine and Byron Pirola have some ideas to help you.
SmartLoving: Embracing hope in our marriage
How letting go of expectations opens us to God's grace and helps fuel the virtue of hope in our lives and marriage.
Peace, and division, on earth
Sometimes protecting faith and family means ending sinful or destructive relationships. Those decisions will hit hard. We love our families—but we must love them harder; love them more.
“I could pretend I was getting love:” Inside the world of...
Modern dating is a struggle for many young men and women, who increasingly look to dating apps to replace the organic meeting places of old. Now another challenger to genuine human connection has appeared on the scene: AI chatbots.
Smartloving: Understanding compound wounds
All unresolved wounds put strain on our relationships, with our marriage bearing the brunt. Our wounds lead to increased conflict with minor issues sparking major disputes as past emotions resurface with disproportionate intensity.
SmartLoving: Long live the ten second kiss
In a world that pulls couples apart, a simple ten second kiss is a small act of love with big rewards.
Smartloving: The limits to self-expression
We need to be honest with our loved ones, but in our marriages too much of what we might think is "being honest" is downright dangerous.
How to help a struggling marriage
Christian marriage flourishes through active engagement with God, its designer. Our role as Catholic companions requires us to be faithful to God's blueprint for marriage, relying on the Holy Spirit to guide our interactions with those in pain.
Teaching love to university students
Later this year, population experts and pronatalists will meet in Texas to explore practical solutions to declining worldwide fertility. It’s one of several signs that attitudes to fertility rates are shifting.
The dos and don’ts of relationships
Faith-filled relationships thrive on God’s guidance, friendship as a foundation, and personal growth, Milad shared at Bondi’s final Fidelis talk for the year.
Our “Father-in-awe” cares more than even the most devoted of human...
With our second son preparing to marry in a few months, we’ve found ourselves reflecting on our in-law relationships. In particular, we noted how our parent and parent-in-law relationships differ.
Jo Hayes: He may be divorced, but he’s still married
There exists, in parts of our wider church community, an almost blasé attitude to pre-annulment dating, that looks far too similar to the world’s approach to romantic relationships.
