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Archive for 2012

Gross Out Your Kids

November 19th, 2012 by Laura M. Brotherson

One of the best things you can do for your kids is to love each other as their mother and father! : )

This picture is a fun reminder that while kids may sometimes act “grossed out” by the love and affection you have for each other it actually creates a safe and secure environment for your children to know that their mother and father love each other.

It’s the best gift you can give your children!

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Category: Couples Photos, Family, Intimacy, Marriage, Misc/Fun | 1 Comment »

Take Her with You—Flat Wife

November 14th, 2012 by Laura M. Brotherson

Take Her with You – Flat Wife!

A spouse’s business trips away from home can be a real concern for a lot of couples! Knowing of the easy potential for thoughts and activities to lead away from one’s spouse and family, I loved the idea shared by a reader of what she does to stay connected with her husband while he is away from home.

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Category: Family, Marriage, Misc/Fun | 1 Comment »

Porn-Sex Addiction Recovery Resources

November 12th, 2012 by Laura M. Brotherson

Gathering Place for Addiction Recovery Tools & Resources

Originally my intention was to send an email with a variety of attached files to a bunch of my clients to share many of the helpful tools and handouts I use in helping people overcome compulsive/ addictive behavior.

That email didn’t even make it out of my email system much less into anyone else’s, so I decided to create this blog post with links to the files instead…

I hope this will make it even easier for those in need to use and/or share these resources with others.

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Category: Counseling, Marriage, Men, Pornography, Sex, Women | 2 Comments »

Emotional Foreplay — Dating Divas Tele-Seminar

September 26th, 2012 by Laura M. Brotherson

“The Dating Divas” SPECIAL – $9 for Laura’s book 

And They Were Not Ashamed–Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment

(only thru Fri 9/28 at 12 midnight MST)!

Below are the presentation slides for Laura’s “Emotional Foreplay” tele-seminar for The Dating Divas Successful Marriages Tele-Retreat. You’ll also find (below the slides) a list of resources that we discussed during the Q&A portion of the call.

To access the recording of the seminar you can sign up for The Dating Divas Community. Might be a great date night and conversation with your spouse! Enjoy! : )

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Category: Marriage, Sex, Workshop/Retreat | 1 Comment »

Strengthening Marriage Partners — SimplySweetMarriage.com

September 12th, 2012 by Laura M Brotherson

Because SimplySweetMarriage.com was having a fabulous giveaway of some fun intimacy-inducing items for OUR Facebook fans, we wanted to know what was behind all their enthusiastic support of StrengtheningMarriage.com and our marriage-strengthening efforts!

So, here is Heidie Lee’s story and her journey of creating the online store SimplySweetMarriage.com

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Category: Gift Ideas, Marriage, Sex, Strengthening Marriage Partners, Valentine's, Women | No Comments »

Vacuuming Naked

September 5th, 2012 by Laura M. Brotherson

 

You Did What?!

*Candace had been struggling with body image issues for some time. We had worked on it quite a bit in both individual and couples therapy sessions, and she was making good progress. She looked like someone you’d think would feel great about how she looked, but her husband felt like he wasn’t “seeing enough” of her!

One day Candace walked into my office and said, “Guess what I did this week?” I couldn’t guess so she said, “I vacuumed naked!” I said, “You did what?!” “I actually vacuumed naked…while my husband was watching even!” Wow! I was stunned and thrilled all at the same time.

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Category: Counseling, Intimacy, Marriage, Misc/Fun, Sex, Women | No Comments »

Monday Marriage Funnies: Sex Switch

August 20th, 2012 by Laura M Brotherson

Kinda seems this way when it comes to sex!

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Category: Cartoons, Marriage, Men, Misc/Fun, Monday Funnies, Sex, Women | 1 Comment »

Monday Marriage Funnies: No Sex After Marriage

August 13th, 2012 by Laura M Brotherson

Oh dear! This is gonna be interesting! Yikes! : (

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Category: Cartoons, Intimacy, Marriage, Men, Misc/Fun, Monday Funnies, Sex, Women | 1 Comment »

Monday Marriage Funnies: Spousal Improvement

August 6th, 2012 by Laura M Brotherson

Everyone wants the other person to change!

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Category: Cartoons, Marriage, Men, Misc/Fun, Monday Funnies, Women | No Comments »

Monday Marriage Funnies: Clothing Optional

July 30th, 2012 by Laura M Brotherson

Aren’t husbands hilarious! : )

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Category: Cartoons, Marriage, Men, Misc/Fun, Monday Funnies, Women | No Comments »

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