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Dr. Greg Smalley

Dr. Greg Smalley is vice president of Marriage and Family Formation at Focus on the Family and the author or co-author of several books, including Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage.

How stepping out of the Reactive Cycle can transform marital conflict

We can use conflict to either grow closer together or further apart. You have the same choice to make. You can use un...

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Marriage • Communication

4 types of marriage conversations

“Communication” involves four different types of interactions we use, and each type is critical to a high-functioning...

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Marriage • Faith and marriage

What sacrificial love looks like in marriage

I tell couples to make it their goal to out-serve their spouse. Love is a sacrifice and if we love our spouse, it sho...

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Marriage • Faith and marriage

When your spouse goes through a faith crisis

Our fallen world can do a number on even the strongest faith. So how do you support your spouse during a faith crisis...

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Parenting • Divorce

Dealing with your child's divorce

It’s hard to describe the pain of walking through your child’s divorce. Here are some ways to deal with the hurt and ...

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Marriage • Married

Social media and marriage: 10 ways to be positive in your posts

Consider these ideas for honouring and promoting healthy, lifelong marriages on social media.

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Marriage • Well-being

Couple friends: Double dating to strengthen your marriage

We connect and surround ourselves with other like-minded couples. They help strengthen our marriages. We help strengt...

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Marriage • Stress

Protect yourself from marriage burnout

The good news is that we have ways to fight quarantine fatigue and protect your marriage from burnout.

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Marriage • Stress

Managing stress as a couple

When you deal with stressful events in unhealthy ways, you create new problems in your health and relationships. Let’...

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Marriage • Boundaries

Fight for your marriage when your spouse is emotionally distant

If you notice your mate building emotional walls – that is, having a closed heart – you can still do several things t...

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Marriage • Stress

How to manage conflict during the coronavirus

Now that home has become the hub for work, school, church and play, you and your spouse are together all the time. Sp...

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Marriage • Communication

10 ways your marriage can survive the coronavirus quarantine

The next several days or weeks may not be easy, but this season will pass. In the meantime, you and your spouse can w...

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Dr. Greg Smalley

How stepping out of the Reactive Cycle can transform marital conflict

4 types of marriage conversations

What sacrificial love looks like in marriage

When your spouse goes through a faith crisis

Dealing with your child's divorce

Social media and marriage: 10 ways to be positive in your posts

Couple friends: Double dating to strengthen your marriage

Protect yourself from marriage burnout

Managing stress as a couple

Fight for your marriage when your spouse is emotionally distant

How to manage conflict during the coronavirus

10 ways your marriage can survive the coronavirus quarantine

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