Marriage Bliss

Implementing the ketogenic diet in your life could completely change your body’s physique and your thoughts about the impact of the food you eat. Costea Lestoc — Are you feeling lethargic and low on energy? Do you feel bloated and suffer from issues such as indigestion and other disorders such as IBS? Have you ever stopped to consider that it might be the food you are eating, having this impact on your body? Today’s modern diet features refined foods high in sugar, salt, and trans-saturated fats. These nutrients are detrimental to your health and are the leading dietary cause of heart disease, obesity, and hormonal disorders. Cases of obesity and…

Red flag: “I lost my voice in the relationship.” SFIO CRACHO/Shutterstock“Early in our marriage we fought a lot about me not ‘respecting him,’ so over the years I was being programmed to think that the problem was me having something (anything) to say when it came to making decisions for the family. The quieter I got, the less we would fight. To him, we were perfect. He even suggested we be marriage mentors with the new found ‘zen’ in our marriage. But when I got tired of being silent, it all fell apart. It wasn’t until after counseling that I realized everything about me would always be too loud under…

I know you wavered in your decision to seek out a widowed support group. In your heart, you felt you’d lost the man you married, but would anyone else? Would the ladies in the group who planned a funeral or a memorial service understand that although you didn’t have to wear a black dress as they lowered your spouse into the ground, you know grief and what it feels like for the man you married to no longer be there. You feel widowed, though based on the traditional definition of the word, your title is different. Even among women with similar circumstances, there is debate as to what title is…

Be honest: Does having kids ruin your marriage? Tatiana Ayazo/Rd.com, Shutterstock Asking the question that’s on all potential parents’ minds, this person is seeking the Internet’s collective wisdom about procreating. The questioner also depressingly adds, “Most married couples with kids that I know are like platonic roommates. I feel like kids are like little intruders in your relationship.” But the Internet immediately found the flaw in this question: “Well, you’re asking for honesty here the is the first problem, no parent is actually going to come out and say having kids ruined their marriage.” Guess this will remain a mystery! It’s not just marriage that suffers: Here’s what parents of…

DaShoan and Sofia Olds have wanted to adopt since they married 13 years ago. They just didn’t know they’d be adopting seven children at once. In November 2016, DaShoan, a high-school math teacher, and Sofia, a social worker, saw a local news story about seven siblings who had been divided among four different foster homes. “Seeing their story was an eye-opener for us,” Sofia told HuffPost. “We have always wanted children, but it never happened for us. Here was our chance to give seven innocent children the love of their parents and stability together with their brothers and sisters. Also, it would fulfill our lifelong dream of being a mother and…

Serial dating may seem like a good idea. Who doesn’t want to be desired? Isn’t it nice to always have someone who wants to have a relationship with you? Doesn’t it feel amazing to never be a part of the “sad single people” club? After all, isn’t being single simply the worst? While I’m all about people feeling good and loving love and whatnot, that isn’t what serial dating is about. All three of my best friends are serial daters. They never stay single for more than a month between boyfriends. For one of them, there is always a new guy on the hook. She has someone lined up before she even breaks…

For BRIDES, by Christina Oehler. Bettmann/Getty Since last week’s reveal that Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, may have crashed on the Marshall Islands, we’ve been as curious as everyone about the famed airwoman and the details of her final years before her disappearance — including her secret wedding. And although we usually only hear about her life as a pilot and of her mysterious vanishing, Earhart’s life prior to her infamous final flight was remarkably modern and feminist— and her prenup is proof. According to the Purdue University Archives of Amelia Earhart papers, Earhart’s husband, a publisher named George Putnam, proposed to her six times before she finally agreed to marry him. Initially, Earhart…

If you know, or suspect, that emotional baggage is weighing you down and keeping you from living fully, but somehow that suitcase full of nasty stuff keeps surfacing in your life, let’s look at some guidelines about how to release it. Now ask yourself, where did this big old bag of junk come from? This is not an easy question to answer. We tend to avoid looking at the source of our pain—experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and fears that keep us hurting. But it is important to do so. Trust me and let’s continue. Confronting the source is where change begins. Altering your beliefs is how change continues. So take some…

Sitting in the emergency room of Tucson Medical Center, the doctors just told us our youngest son, Grant, probably wasn’t going to make it… he was less than 3 months old and I couldn’t believe my ears. I mean, I had barely gotten to know him — how could this be?! Well, the truth is I refused to believe what the doctors told us; and my wife, her parents, and I made sure he was never alone during his week-long stay at the hospital. We prayed every day and we gave him all the love and support that we could give. In the words of the very same doctors who…