Updated May 12, 2026 It might seem justified to date others if your spouse has cheated on you. And, you might think it is a good way to make your spouse reconcile with you. But, both ideas are wrong and will hurt your chances of keeping your marriage together. There is a better way.
The right amount of contact is critical for reconciling with your husband or wife. Opinions vary widely on how much that is. Today I will help you to determine just how much contact to use for your particular level of marriage problems. Getting it right, will help you to confidently work toward preventing divorce and…
While many people view separation as a relationship being over, it’s actually an opportunity to strengthen your marriage.
Would you like to know how you can get your wife to fall in love with you again, even if she says “it’s over?” Let me help you by telling you about the no convincing, no conflict approach to rebuilding a relationship. When wives tell their husband they are no longer in love, they are…
Today, I want to help you learn the importance of giving space in relationships and how to determine the right amount of space to promote reconciling. I will also give you advice for using space to build a stronger, more stable relationship. I haven’t been to my dentist in some time. He’s not a bad…
Do you want to persuade your spouse to stay together for practical reasons (kids, finances, home, business) while your spouse wants to separate because your relationship is not emotionally close? This kind of problem typically occurs when: 1) a relationship started out as romantic, 2) changed to a business partner relationship, and 3) one of…
A trial separation is best used when both spouses want to build their relationship. Unstructured separations are much more helpful when only one spouse wants to reconcile. Let’s talk about why. Trial separation is a method commonly used by marriage counselors when husband and wife both want to reconcile, need to de-stress, and limit ongoing damage….
Marital separation (living in different homes), can be a good opportunity for rebuilding your relationship. It can also result in ending your relationship if not done in a good way. When you are separated, it’s easy to be overly focused on ending the separation. This is natural because you miss your spouse and just want…
While many people fear living apart will end their marriage, physical separation has benefits for reconciling that living together as-if separated doesn’t. When people behave as if they are separated while living together, they are actually still sharing the same space. The separation is actually an emotional separation. This is accomplished by avoidance and intentional…
Many people give up too soon on their marriages, believing them to be over when they are not. There is only one situation that signals your marriage is over. Most of the people I help to reconcile have spouses who at first said, “It’s over.” When their spouse said that they were absolutely sincere. And yet,…
