Better Marriages

08/28/2025

Greg and I celebrated our 49th anniversary on July 10. Leading up to our 50th, we've chosen to live this as our "Year of Jubilee" (Leviticus 25). More grace. More forgiveness. More love. More joy. More celebration. . . we're off to a great start!

01/26/2025

More than 50 gathered yesterday for Couples Coffee Talk. We shared stories and memories - both heartfelt and hilarious. It's been my privilege for more than 22 years to serve Better Marriages! Greg and I will continue to grow and nurture our own relationship as well as develop creative ways to support other couples in our spheres of influence.

01/23/2025

Gather with Your Better Marriages Family!

This Saturday, January 25

12 noon Eastern, 11 am Central, 10 am Mountain, 9 am Pacific

More info here: https://conta.cc/3Wu1ztc

12/18/2024

Right in time for the holidays!

Understanding and Managing Each Other’s Triggers Every relationship has an unspoken choreography, a dance of words, subtle gestures, and even silences. Sometimes, it’s smooth, almost effortless. Other times, it stumbles on invisible cracks. These cracks – our triggers – are hidden fault line...

11/14/2024

From our friend, David Steele, founder of Relationship Coaching Institute (RCI)

In a previous article The #1 Most Important Relationship Skill introduced the idea that taking ownership of your internal experience (thoughts, feelings, needs, beliefs, attitudes and judgments) is far more important than anything you might say for effective communication and successful relationship...

10/11/2024

Greg is having quite a birthday week!

His bestie and our daughter flew in as a surprise.

Friends surprised him at Amigoni Urban Winery in KCMO. I surprised him with his childhood dream of sleeping in a treehouse (2 nights!). And 2 more surprises on the horizon…

Then we’ll celebrate with Ethan and family after Ethan returns from drone duty following the hurricanes.

10/01/2024

Some things we've learned in 46 years of marriage.

Insights, lessons learned, and advice from a 46-year marriage.