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Fallen Out Of Love? Here’s One Thing You Can Do

Blow Up My Marriage Class from Simple Marriage

by Stu Gray on August 24, 2010

I think its natural for relationships to have ups and downs, but what do you do when you are constantly ‘down’ about your marriage — afraid that you have fallen out of love with your spouse?

I would encourage you to NOT GIVE UP HOPE! If you have any slight feeling in your nether regions (meaning your heart and soul) that there might be a possibility of making your marriage ‘stupendous’ once again – then you need to check out this class from Dr. Corey Allan.

Blow Up My Marriage

Listen, I am just a guy who has a passion for helping couples. Don’t get me wrong, I like writing about great marriages, I like encouraging couples, I like helping as much as I can…but Dr. Corey Allan helps marriages out for a living! You may know of Dr. Corey – he is the editor in chief at the popular marriage blog – Simple Marriage.

On Monday August 30, he is starting his fall class for marriage called Blow Up Your Marriage!

Yes. It’s a crazy name for a class that claims to help your ailing marriage. But, perhaps its exactly what you need. To “Blow Up” your way of thinking and doing and acting in your marriage. To try something else out for a change.

More Info For You:

You can do it by yourself – your spouse does not have to go through the class with you – even though it would be beneficial to both of you
Corey provides all the information you need
It is NOT counseling – (even though he does offer that if you need it in your marriage as well), its more like a workshop, or coaching, for your marriage.
Blow Up Your Marriage will help you focus on your strengths

If you constantly fight, or are in a rut, recovering from an affair or other emotional issue in your marriage – this class could also be of help to you

My Quick Disclaim: Yes, Corey is an online friend of mine, and yes, my links are affiliate links, if you decide to join the class through one of my links, you will help support the Marry Blogger. Thanks!

Here’s the deal: I believe in Corey and the work he does to help couples. If you are serious about wanting a better marriage – you should seriously consider Blowing Up Your Marriage. Click The link to read more about the class!

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Porn Takes Your Focus

by Stu Gray on August 19, 2010

I think Mr. Miyagi had it right.

“Focus Daniel-san!”

There is power in Focus

When I add water to tea, it becomes diluted, and has less taste. When you poke a hole in a balloon, the thing flies around the room and loses all of its balloon-ee-ness. (That’s a word in my world.)

When you add outside influences to your marriage, you take away the power of focus…the focus that we are supposed to have for our spouse. The focus that remembers and lives out the covenant we made with each other before God – you know – the marriage vow thing?

You Can Lose Focus Several Ways

The title of this post might be about “porn”, but this could relate to anything we put between us. (As Gerald May says – we are all addicts).

We lose focus on our marriages when we put more focus on things like Work. Kids. Errands. Friends. Hobbies. Porn. Money. Games. Food. Busyness.

It’s like they creep between us slowly. It starts small. You don’t notice that you are drifting away from your spouse.

When Elisha burned his carts and barbecued his cows, he was limiting his choices. He became very focused. He couldn’t do the ‘farmer thing’ any more. He had to follow Elijah and become a prophet. All of a sudden, his choices were limited.

In our day and age, we have so many things that grasp for our attention. Its easy to be distracted, and carried away by all sorts of things. I have heard it said recently that Satan loves that. When we eject from real life and jump into imaginary worlds, we tend to lose focus on the real life that we have. Sometimes those decisions to eject from the present can have serious consequences.

How is your focus lately?

This is a post in an ongoing series about Porn and Marriage.

photo by dimitridf

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The “Dori Philosophy” of Marriage

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